Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Music Downloads

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is reporting that
Record companies have digitised and licensed over a million songs. In 2004 the available catalogue on the biggest online services doubled from around 500,000 to around one million tracks.

Consumer attitudes are changing – the latest IFPI European survey shows increasing awareness of, use of, and intentions to use, legal download servicesAlso according to the report, the aim of the record industry’s educational and anti-piracy actions is to help create "a breathing space for the burgeoning online music market, to raise awareness, change attitudes and contain illegal file-sharing."
They even include a clever quip from Steve Jobs: "iTunes really competes with piracy, not with the other services. Piracy is thebig enemy. Buying music online legally is good karma."
Rodney D. Ryder

No comments: