JasonB Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Just 5% of all music downloads are legal, according to new research from the IFPI, creating a massive challenge for the music industry as it looks to generate value from digital music. The figure is taken from the IFPI Digital Music Report 2009, in which the trade organisation callls for increased cooperation with ISPs to fight internet piracy. Other highlights of the report include: • The digital music business internationally saw a sixth year of expansion in 2008, growing by an estimated 25% to US$3.7bn in trade value. • Digital platforms now account for around 20% of recorded music sales, up from 15% in 2007. • Single track downloads, up 24% in 2008 to 1.4bn units globally, continue to drive the online market, but digital albums are also growing (up 36%). • The top-selling digital single of 2008 was Lil Wayne’s Lollipop, with sales of 9.1m units. IFPI chairman and chief executive John Kennedy says, “The recorded music industry is reinventing itself and its business models. Music companies have changed their whole approach to doing business, reshaped their operations and responded to the dramatic transformation in the way music is distributed and consumed.” Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I've always bought tunes legally. It p***es me off when people are too tight to spend just £1.50 on an MP3. That £1.50 goes towards paying the artists for their work - after all, its a livelihood for them. If they don't get paid for their work, they'll stop doing it - and if they stop doing it, we'll have no tunes to play and the industry will die. Its annoying when people say "well everyone else does it, so why shouldn't i?". The point is, nobody should do it because its killing the scene. I also hate it when people say "The artists shouldn't be in it for the money". Well, they're not. They don't get paid a lot of money these days. Gone are the days when they got an up-front cheque of £8,000 for the rights to the tune. Now its all done based on sales commission - so if the tunes don't sell, the artist doesn't get any money. Those artists have to pay for hardware, software, studio hire, engineering fee's, vocalist hire, etc - and it all adds up. The people that are saying "The artists shouldn't be in it for the money" have the cheek to download tunes for free, but expect to be paid to play at a gig. Surely, if they love DJ'ing that much and they don't feel that the artists are worthy of being paid, then the same applies for them too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonman Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 i said it before, and peeps disagreed with me on it - The internet is killing music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 i said it before, and peeps disagreed with me on it - The internet is killing music! It is to some extent - although its made some music more accessible to others. I hear most of the tunes that I buy now through DJ's mixes online rather than in clubs - so for me, it means i'm hearing tunes that I probably wouldn't have heard otherwise - and then i'm buying them and generating sales. If people were less greedy and more honest, then the internet would be a really powerful tool. Unfortunately, at the moment, all the positives of the net are being overshadowed by the negatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted January 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Agree totally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emy Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Am I the only one here who has never downloaded a track from the net??? I have downloaded a mix But never tracks you have to pay for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonross46 Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 What I find interesting is that such a debatable topic is so quiet!!! ... because [as the figures show] most people do download the illegal way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcut Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I am a bit of a mixture tbh....70% legal 30% illegal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 What I find interesting is that such a debatable topic is so quiet!!! ... because [as the figures show] most people do download the illegal way Exactly! Things always go quiet on every forum when topics about drugs and illegal downloads come up because most people do it, but are to ashamed to make it public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonman Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 i use certain forums whereby people post their own remixes of tracks etc. Rumour is Deadmau5 uses one and has posted a Prodigy "Everybody In The Place" remix on one under the name Deadhau5. I've downloaded that and i'll be putting in it in my January mix i'm about to do. To me, thats no different than buying a white label. Other than that i only really download readio shows (Essential Mixes). If its a pop record i'll use 7 Digital, mainly cos i dont trust the file sharing stuff (theres so many viruses on them) and it is only 79p a track. Also, finding tunes hosted anywhere is a nightmare so i have no other choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Word is this Deadhau5 remix might not be by him, regardless its absolutelty attrocious to me! 7 Digital is excellent since they dropped thos wma 192 bollucks from most stuff-I say most all new stuff is now 320-well Nickelback is 256 and pendulum stuf on there aint 320 either, bloodey daft some of the older stuffs not 320 either, but mainly its all 320 and all mp3 with aac also offered, I prefer using 7 digital to itunes anyday I will admit to downloading stuff for free at times, 99% though I'm paying for stuff I know the 1% is bad still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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