Comments on: UK File-Sharers Download $19B Worth of Content Annually?

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Music Sale Losses Due to Gaming, DVDs, Not P2P — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:13:34 +0000

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Further Doubt Cast on UK Copyright Industry P2P Statistics — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:19:46 +0000

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By: UK File-Sharers Download $19B Worth of Content Annually? : Tech Blog

UK File-Sharers Download $19B Worth of Content Annually? : Tech Blog — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:38:11 +0000

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Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:02:51 +0000

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By: Russ

Russ — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:38:32 +0000

I download music to see if it’s any good. If it’s really good I will still go out and buy it because -=I want the artist to know that they should make more of it=-. If I can donate money directly to the artist (PayPal donation) I will.

Also, the notion that every song -downloaded- WOULD have been a song -purchased- is absolute lunacy. It makes about as much sense as saying “Every webpage viewed takes money away from book and newspaper sales, so the World Wide Web means 80 Gajillion dollars of lost revenue every year!!”

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makin257's status on Sunday, 31-May-09 20:06:30 UTC - Identi.ca — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:57:09 +0000

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By: Glyn Moody

Glyn Moody — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:03:06 +0000

Also worth noting that the figure of £10 billion for the “overall lost revenues” quoted in the executive summary as if coming from a UK government document, is actually a figure plucked from the air by the media industries themselves. Full details here:

http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/05/why-copycats-report-has-copycat-problem.html

By: World Anarchy

World Anarchy — Sun, 31 May 2009 09:07:11 +0000

Actually, one could argue that downloaders created $19 billion of wealth by their actions. (Assuming that the $19 billion figure is correct in the first place).

Effectively, they created wealth without money.

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Sun, 31 May 2009 09:03:31 +0000

The observations I’ve made is that there is one pretty big reason why the big content industries wouldn’t like to issue a flat fee or otherwise monetize this – it’s because it gives unsigned artists a tiny chance of success using the same medium. The big content industry won’t be satisfied until there’s a monopoly on the internet and they control it through some form or another. Imagine what would happen if the big content industries would have to actually put forth an effort to compete in a remotely competitive market!