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Posted by NunYa Bidness on 12/10/05 16:08
On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:35:22 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) Gave us:
>On 9 Dec 2005 11:06:11 -0800, "Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>Who said they PAID for the mp3??? :)
>
>Hard to believe but most people would rather buy an album than fool
>with pirating it. Plus they get the "real thing" in terms of the CD
>with its glitzy label and all.
>
>CD sales dropped significantly when Napster was forced to shut down as
>a free source of music. Why? Because it actually encouraged sales of
>music by letting people sample free. Then after they discovered they
>liked the music on the sample, they bought the album instead of
>pirating the rest.
That accounts for MAYBE 10% of those out there ripping files from
the net.
Most folks that rip mp3s do NOT go out and buy the CD.
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