Category: File Sharing
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Study Says File Sharing Is Still Good for Entertainment Industries
This really isn’t news, it’s just confirmation of what all the other studies have shown but, yet another study has shown that on balance the music and film industries have benefited from online file sharing. The London School of Economics found that music sales have stagnated but overall revenues remain strong with revenues reaching $60…
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European Commission: Online Music Piracy Doesn’t Hurt Sales
This isn’t really much of a surprise but a study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre says that online piracy isn’t hurting music sales: Via Torrentfreak: “A new study by The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, which is part of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, tackled this question in a unique way. With data from…
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European Commission: Online Music Piracy Doesn’t Hurt Sales
This isn’t really much of a surprise but a study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre says that online piracy isn’t hurting music sales: Via Torrentfreak: “A new study by The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, which is part of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, tackled this question in a unique way. With data from…
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If You Pay to Download Something, You Don’t Actually Own It
You’ve no doubt seen the absurd campaigns by groups like the RIAA and the MPAA. The recurring claim is downloading = theft. There is an obvious difference between making a copy of something and stealing it, The handy infographic below should help you to understand that difference. What the copyright police do not tell you…
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If You Pay to Download Something, You Don’t Actually Own It
You’ve no doubt seen the absurd campaigns by groups like the RIAA and the MPAA. The recurring claim is downloading = theft. There is an obvious difference between making a copy of something and stealing it, The handy infographic below should help you to understand that difference. What the copyright police do not tell you…