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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 ...
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.
Napster was founded in 1999 by 18 year-old Shawn Fanning. [1] Napster provided a platform for users to download compressed digital music files, specifically MP3s, from other users' music libraries. Unlike many peer-to-peer services, however, Napster included a central server that indexed connected users and files available on their machines ...
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.
In a 2000 study, it was shown that users of Napster who download free music actually spent more money on music. [20] In another study, it was proposed that by downloading free music, users are able to sample new music and find new tastes, which may lead to increased sales. [21] Several artists also supported Napster and used the service for ...
The labels' complaint alleged that Thomas infringed copyright on February 21, 2005, downloading and distributing songs by such bands as Aerosmith, Green Day, and Guns N' Roses. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Rather than seeking actual damages, the plaintiffs sought relief via statutory damages , assessed in accordance with 17 USC 92 § 504(c)(2) .
"Those who fail to file by this deadline — or fail to update this information if needed — could face up to two years imprisonment and fines up to $10,000, in addition to civil penalties of up ...
In the 2003 case of Sony BMG Music Entertainment et al. v. Tenenbaum, record label Sony BMG, along with Warner Bros. Records, Atlantic Records, Arista Records, and UMG Recordings, accused Joel Tenenbaum of illegally downloading and sharing files in violation of U.S. copyright law. It was only the second file-sharing case (after Capitol v.