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The Pirate Bay "Spectrial" Day #9 - Prof Argues No Link Between File-Sharing and Music Losses

By soulxtc

“There are so many other factors which can affect album sales and the research shows that many downloaders actually consume more culture than others,” Roger Wallis, a composer and emeritus professor of media at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), told the court. The ongoing trial against the founders of The Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker site heated up Thursday as Roger Wallis, a composer and emeritus professor of media at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) took the stand and quickly found his credentials questioned by music industry lawyers. Wallis has sharply criticized the music and film industries’ claims that they lose money because of illegal downloading. He told the court that there’s no connection between downloading and decreased record sales, saying that research shows that many downloaders buy more cultural products than others. “There are so many other factors which can affect album sales and the research shows that many downloaders actually consume more culture than others,” he told the court.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on February 26, 2009 (boomark / email).