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Subject: what a shame huh
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slayer.j 28.03.11 - 10:07pm
Global recorded music sales fell by almost 1.5bn (930m) last year as digital piracy continued to take its toll on the industry, with the UK losing its mantle as the third-largest music market after physical sales of CDs collapsed by almost a fifth.Global recorded music revenues fell 8.4 last year, about 1.45bn, to 15.9bn according to the annual Recording Industry in Numbers report by international music industry body the IFPI.Overall physical sales, the term used in the industry for sales of pro * +
devvette 28.03.11 - 10:17pm
wow no sleep for me tonight eh. * +
garion 28.03.11 - 11:52pm
Totally agree @slayer.j - a good example being the trouble HMV are in. If there was only some way of convincing the muppets that their fab illegal download played through their liepod bears as much relation to music as Graham Taylor does to an England Manager.. I wonder if these 'mpfree' downloaders would be willing to donate THEIR work for nothing.. * +
kaija16 29.03.11 - 01:33am
I agree but some time we not have a choice. Some albums very hard to get, or sold out * +
bozzalad 29.03.11 - 09:22am
huh * +
rav3n 29.03.11 - 09:34am
s**t thing it ain't hard to find albums if you know the stores * +
batlecat 30.03.11 - 02:22pm
ok, fair enough, artist make less money off of album sales, so how do they make more money? They have to go out and perform and make it back. And if they have no talent to perform, then they didn't deserve the money anyway. * +
batlecat 30.03.11 - 02:24pm
real talents will still get paid, and now their talents are heard across the world, due to the same internet which is cutting their revenue. Swings and roundabouts! * +
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