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:	post by Arrow NLI at 2012-10-19 10:00:42

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The 40 billion download number comes from the International Federation for Information Processing - a non-profit, non-government affiliated agency who study information technology.

Now at the industry's peak in the 80's, how many cassette duplications and recordings from radio were made worldwide?

There's a lot more at play than piracy. People using their purchases to justify piracy are just as oblivious as you are blaming it as the main reason the industry is in decline.

Hint - how's your local book store? Movie theater? Arcade? Basketball court?

The focus and location of entertainment has changed. It's fucked up many industries. Piracy is just a tiny part of that, man, and one the industry loves to place all the blame on.

The reality is that people do not listen to music the same way anymore. They don't consume it the same way anymore. The only thing these stats about downloading prove is that people that LOVE music will do whatever they have to do to find it and acquire it - both legally and illegally. And that fits my experience as well. I have a collection of around 1000 albums. Downloaded (or was given) around 400 of em. Most people, in their lifetimes, don't purchase 600 albums. Before their implosion, the labels made their bread and butter off people like me.

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