Charles Arthur
Thursday August 24, 2006
The Guardian
What people want, and in what form they want it. In other words, where the future markets for digital products are. A new study by David Y. Choi of Loyola Marymount University and Arturo Perez of the business development service Growthink (at http://tinyurl.com/nr8eb) says that "online piracy has shown to be a valuable source of innovation to both industry incumbents and entrepreneurs", pointing out that pirates "tend to be early adopters" of music, game of software, and have notably "made a significant impact in the evolution of file-transferring technology" and pointing out, for example, that "many of former [illicit] Napster users have migrated to the legal version of Napster and Apple's iTunes".
source: technology.guardian.co.uk
Download fans boost music sales - August 24 - Online piracy is not solely responsible for dwindling sales of recorded music, says a report.
BBC
See online piracy aint is as evil has the Cartels like to make out it to be.
They just have to get with the program & stop using old business models.
