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This has some effect on music sales, but as Lawrence Lessig points out, there is wide asymmetry between the estimated volume of illegal downloading and the projected loss of sales: In 2002, the RIAA reported that CD sales had fallen by 8.9 percent, from 882 million to 803 million units; revenues fell 6.7 percent.
So perhaps it shouldn't surprise us that four out of five digital music downloads are. When we want new music, there's a strong temptation to get it for free through file sharing, ripping it from ...
A 2007 study in the Journal of Political Economy found that the effect of music downloads on legal music sales was "statistically indistinguishable from zero". [93] A report from 2013, released by the European Commission Joint Research Centre suggests that illegal music downloads have almost no effect on the number of legal music downloads. The ...
The Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Act, 2009, established the Universal Service Fund (USF), now administered and managed by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA). The purpose of the Fund is to support widespread access to ICT services, and promote capacity building and innovation in ICT services in the country.
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment.
Over a twelve-month period there were 2.4 billion reported downloads of copyrighted works including music, video games, software and films in Spain. Statistics for 2010 indicate that 30% of the Spanish population uses file-sharing websites, double the European average of 15%.
To increase tax compliance percentages and encourage more people to file their taxes, the Kenya Revenue Authority has an elaborate online portal [3] that allows citizens to log in and either file tax returns, check their penalties [4] or apply for a certificate of tax compliance. This is in line with the Kenyan government's efforts to automate ...
Ministry of Development (MR) – Central Registration and Information on Business (CEIDG) [69] – company register for natural persons trading as sole traders or their civil law partnerships (searchable); such companies are prohibited from performing certain activities (e.g. operating a life insurance company), and proper agricultural activity ...