What does online piracy really tell us?
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:07 pm
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.
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.