Bob Mottram wrote:
Part of the report is actually contradictory, in that they claim that people downloading illegally also buy more music than those who don't, but then also claim that this is harming the industry. Clearly the industry can't be shrinking if people are spending more money on it, but no attempt is made to quantify what's really going on so that the viewer can get a clearer understanding of the situation.
Not necessarily. The fact that the illegal downloaders buy more music that those who don't doesn't imply that people are spending more money on the music industry as a result of illegal downloading. It just implies that the illegal downloaders are the people who spend most on music generally, ie they have bigger music collections than other people. So there is a case that illegal downloading is harming the industry. If they weren't illegally downloading, they'd probably be spending even more on buying it than they do now. The fact that illegal downloaders buy more music than those who don't also doesn't imply that people (in general) are spending more money on music.
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