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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
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I can help you there. When they say that online music piracy pales in comparison to offline swapping, what they mean is according to research the RIAA commissioned, more people are sharing music offline than getting it from the internet.
In other words, more people are sharing songs with their friends on CDs, or ohter physical media than downloading it from the intermawebs.
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Not even sure how true it is, because how anyone can track offline piracy sharing is a mystery.
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Not really, it's research from the NPD Digital Music Study 2010-2011, as it says at the bottom of the graph showing only 21% of sharing is online.
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
how they know it isn't a lost sale is beyond me. Damian will explain it to us.
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Many judges have ruled that Paul, go read up on legal cases for this as opposed to just people talking out of their arse.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...00-lost-sales/
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Even so are they pointing it out as a reason not to pursue the online piracy business?
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Maybe they've realised that it is a waste of time and money to pursue the online piracy business. They've spent billions and taken years and years and piracy has increased. So, they'd clearly be better off doing something else.
Interestingly, do you know how much money the RIAA recovery goes back to the artist? None. Not a cent. Interesting eh?