Tuesday, 22 April 2008

58% Of Music NOT Paid For In America!

Most music comes from friends or from peer-to-peer file-sharing, according to NPD Group research.

2006 Figures

Physical Cd's - 41%
Paid Download - 7%
P2P (peer to peer download) - 14%
Burned from others - 21%
Ripped from others - 17%

2007 Figures

Physical Cd's - 32%
Paid Download - 10%
P2P (peer to peer download) - 19%
Burned from others - 19%
Ripped from others - 19%

In 2007, there was an increase in the volume of music acquired for nothing and a sharp decline in the amount paid for, according to NPD's annual survey of Internet users. Although more people paid for digital downloads; that market grew from 7% to 10%; it wasn't enough to cover the fall in CD sales; down from 41% to 32%.

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