Same here. It said I was unsubscribed, but I keep getting emails. -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bruce Jacobs Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 1:31 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: News; Music sharing doesn't kill CD sales, study says How do I get off this list? I tried using the web link. > -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 12:22 PM > To: OpenDTV Mail List > Subject: [opendtv] News; Music sharing doesn't kill CD sales, study says >=3D20 > Music sharing doesn't kill CD sales, study says >=3D20 > March 31, 2004 12:00am > Source: CNET Networks, Inc. >=3D20 > 2004-03-29, CNET Networks: A study of=3D3D20 > file-sharing's effects on music sales says online=3D3D20 > music trading appears to have had little part in=3D3D20 > the recent slide in CD sales. >=3D20 > =3D3D46or the study, released Monday, researchers at=3D3D20 > Harvard University and the University of North=3D3D20 > Carolina tracked music downloads over 17 weeks in=3D3D20 > 2002, matching data on file transfers with actual=3D3D20 > market performance of the songs and albums being=3D3D20 > downloaded. Even high levels of file-swapping=3D3D20 > seemed to translate into an effect on album sales=3D3D20 > that was "statistically indistinguishable from=3D3D20 > zero," they wrote. >=3D20 > "We find that file sharing has only had a limited=3D3D20 > effect on record sales," the study's authors=3D3D20 > wrote. "While downloads occur on a vast scale,=3D3D20 > most users are likely individuals who would not=3D3D20 > have bought the album even in the absence of file=3D3D20 > sharing." >=3D20 > The study, the most detailed economic modeling=3D3D20 > survey to use data obtained directly from=3D3D20 > file-sharing networks, is sure to rekindle=3D3D20 > debates over the effects of widely used software=3D3D20 > such as Kazaa or Morpheus on an ailing record=3D3D20 > business. >=3D20 > Big record labels have seen their sales slide=3D3D20 > precipitously in the past several years, and have=3D3D20 > blamed the falling revenue in large part on=3D3D20 > rampant free music downloads online. Others have=3D3D20 > pointed to additional factors, such as lower=3D3D20 > household spending during the recession, and=3D3D20 > increased competition from other entertainment=3D3D20 > forms such as DVDs and video games, each of which=3D3D20 > have grown over the same time period. >=3D20 > Executives at file-sharing companies welcomed the=3D3D20 > survey, saying it should help persuade reluctant=3D3D20 > record company executives to use peer-to-peer=3D3D20 > networks as distribution channels for music >=3D20 > The study, performed by Harvard Business School=3D3D20 > associate professor Felix Oberholzer and=3D3D20 > University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill=3D3D20 > associate professor Koleman Strumpf, used logs=3D3D20 > from two OpenNap servers in late 2002 to observe=3D3D20 > about 1.75 million downloads over their 17 week=3D3D20 > sample period. >=3D20 > That sample revealed interesting behavioral, as=3D3D20 > well as economic, data. Researchers found that=3D3D20 > the average user logged in only twice during that=3D3D20 > period, downloading about 17 songs. Some people=3D3D20 > vastly overshot that average, however--one user=3D3D20 > apparently logged in 71 times, downloading more=3D3D20 > than 5,000 songs. >=3D20 > The two professors narrowed their sample base by=3D3D20 > choosing a random sample of 500 albums from the=3D3D20 > sales charts of various music genres, and then=3D3D20 > compared the sales of these albums to the number=3D3D20 > of associated downloads. >=3D20 > Even in the most pessimistic version of their=3D3D20 > model, they found that it would take about 5,000=3D3D20 > downloads to displace sales of just one physical=3D3D20 > CD, the authors wrote. Despite the huge scale of=3D3D20 > downloading worldwide, that would be only a tiny=3D3D20 > contribution to the overall slide in album sales=3D3D20 > over the past several years, they said. >=3D20 > Moreover, their data seemed to show that=3D3D20 > downloads could even have a slight positive=3D3D20 > effect on the sales of the top albums, the=3D3D20 > researchers said. >=3D20 > The study is unlikely to be the last word on the=3D3D20 > issue. Previous studies have been released=3D3D20 > showing that file sharing had both positive and=3D3D20 > negative effects on music sales. >=3D20 > The Recording Industry Association of America was=3D3D20 > quick to dismiss the results as inconsistent with=3D3D20 > earlier findings. >=3D20 > "Countless well-respected groups and analysts,=3D3D20 > including Edison Research, Forrester, and the=3D3D20 > University of Texas, among others, have all=3D3D20 > determined >=3D20 > that illegal file sharing has adversely impacted=3D3D20 > the sales of CDs," RIAA spokeswoman Amy Weiss=3D3D20 > said in a statement. "Our own surveys show that=3D3D20 > those who are downloading more are buying less."=3D3D20 > =3D3D2Eend (paragraph)<<CNET Networks -- 03/29/04>> >=3D20 > << Copyright =3D3DA92004 CNET Networks, Inc. >> >=3D20