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Titolo: Internet File-Sharing Boosts Music Sales

Report: Internet File-Sharing Boosts Music Sales 
Fri May 3, 5:44 PM ET 
By Andy Sullivan 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet users who download songs for free from
unauthorized "peer to peer" services are more likely to increase their
music purchases than regular Internet users, according to a report 
released on Friday. 
While file-sharing services like Kazaa and Morpheus enable anyone with 
an Internet connection to access a huge library of music for free,
experienced file sharers are more likely to actually increase the amount
of money they spend on CDs, the report by research firm Jupiter Media
Metrix said. 
Thirty four percent of all peer-to-peer users said they spent more money
on music than before they used such services, the report said, while 15
percent said they spent less. One-half said the amount of money they 
spent remained the same. 
Online music fans who did not use file-sharing services were less likely 
to report increased spending. Nineteen percent said they spent more money
on music, while 10 percent said they spent less and 71 percent said they
spent the same amount. 
Other technologies, such as recordable CD drives and high-speed Internet
connections, had no impact on consumer spending, the report said. 
Music companies say Internet piracy is partially responsible for a 5
percent drop in sales last year, and the industry has aggressively pursued
file-sharing companies in court. Napster, the first such service, has been
offline since last July as it struggles with a court order to keep
copyrighted music off its system. 
But the survey suggests that file sharing could provide a boost to the
industry, said report author Aram Sinnreich. 
"The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to the music
industry, and they're just missing out on cashing in on it," Sinnreich told
Reuters. 
Peer-to-peer users tend to be avid music fans who already spend more money
than average on music. Rather than shutting down peer-to-peer services,
music companies should cultivate these fans, Sinnreich said. 
A spokesman for the Recording Industry Association of America said
Jupiter's findings conflicted with a survey that found Internet downloads
did eat into music sales. 
In a survey the trade group commissioned last year, 23 percent of
respondents said that they did not spend more money on music because they
could download it for free. 
The five major recording companies -- Sony Music, Warner Music, EMI Group
Plc, Vivendi Universal, and BMG -- have introduced file sharing services
of their own that, for a fee, allow users limited access to portions of
their catalogs. So far, the services have met with limited success. 
Some companies have turned to copy-protected CDs, which cannot be played 
on computers and some other devices. 
The report was based on a June 2001 survey of 1,911 online music fans,
305 of whom were experienced peer-to-peer users. 

 Report: Internet File-Sharing Boosts Music Sales
Non l'ho letto tutto, ma ci credo, io su Kazaa non sono mai riuscito a
trovare un kazo, per forza che i cd me li compro! :((
Ciao
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet users who download songs for free from
Ottimo!!!!
Speriamo che siano dati veritieri e che le labels ne tengano conto!
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 Speriamo che siano dati veritieri e che le labels ne tengano conto!
Sě, magari mettono in circolazione tutto l' album solo su internet e
aspettano che chi l' ha scaricato gli mandi i soldi in busta ... ;-)
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"Lady Luck is a bitch"
Solid