Thursday, July 14, 2005
Legal Music Downloads Increase in 2005
"The CBC is reporting there is marked increase in legal music downloads in 2005. American internet users downloaded 158 million individual songs from January to June 2005, compared with 55 million during the same period in 2004; during the same period, U.S. CD sales decreased by 7%. According to Peter Jamieson, head of the British Phonographic Industry, "the record industry has enthusiastically embraced the new legal download services ... and now we're beginning to reap the rewards". In the UK, sales of seven-inch vinyl singles were also up 87% on last year."
source:http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/13/2317247&tid=141&tid=218
source:http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/13/2317247&tid=141&tid=218
# posted by dark master : 7/14/2005 09:42:00 AM
