Posted by Justin on 12/10/05 17:14

NunYa Bidness wrote on [Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:08:57 GMT]:
> 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:
>>
>>>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.

Actually, I'd say it's closer to 80%. I know I discovered a lot of new
artists because of Napter and Audio Galaxy back in the day.

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