RTP-area local music and culture

["Fiona Morgan" <FionaMorgan AT mindspring.com>]

FYI, this is the same study I wrote about in February for the Indy's
last Rock n Roll quarterly:

http://www.indyweek.com/durham/2004-02-11/cover2.html

Scooping the Wash Post is fun.

You can check out the study itself at http://www.unc.edu/~cigar - go to
"working papers."

-Fiona

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Thigpen [mailto:rthigpen AT nc.rr.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:23 PM
To: amch
Subject: Study: File-Sharing No Threat to Music Sales


Study: File-Sharing No Threat to Music Sales

By David McGuire
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Monday, March 29, 2004; 8:06 PM

<snip>
Internet music piracy has no negative effect on legitimate music sales, 
according to a study released today by two university researchers that 
contradicts the music industry's assertion that the illegal downloading 
of music online is taking a big bite out of its bottom line.

[...]

"From a statistical point of view, what this means is that there is no 
effect between downloading and sales," said Oberholzer-Gee. </snip>

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34300-2004Mar29?language=prin
ter>

--rt




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