Apr 21 2008
Over Half US Music Not Paid For
According to the UK’s Guardian Unlimited Blog, 58% of music in the US is not paid for.
It’s an interesting read, one part I found quite interesting (and logical, and telling, and an opportunity for those that are open to it) is:
The New York Times’s Bits blog quotes Russ Crupnick, who runs NPD’s music service: “The number of people who do peer to peer in 2007 versus 2006 has been stable,” he said. “The number of files taken per users has increased significantly.” This is because of the shift of many users from Limewire to BitTorrent, which makes it easier to download whole albums.
Also VERY interesting:
Apple iTunes digital music sales are still 10 times that of AmazonMP3 on a unit basis, but differences in their consumer demographic profiles are telling. According to NPD’s initial consumer surveys, 64% of the AmazonMP3 unit sales were traced to males compared to 44% for iTunes. AmazonMP3 showed unexpected strength among young adults (consumers aged 18 to 25), but only 3% of their customers were teens (age 13 to 17). In contrast the iTunes Music store sold nearly a fifth (18%) of its music to teens. It should also be noted that iTunes has a strong franchise in gift cards used by teens, and Amazon has a relatively small base of teen CD buyers.. Read the whole article here.
I pay for all my music.
I mean, I pay SOMEONE for the internet service with which to download it, so that’s like, paying or something, right?
although i know that’s just the PJ Perez wit at work, what’s funny is that there are plenty of initiatives to make this very thing a reality – an ISP tax that in effect pays for some of the lost revenue from file sharing, etc. Myself and many colleagues are watching closely, certainly going to be interesting…
As Seal would say, bring it on!