Jonas used our newssubmit to tell us about another research that shows that show that altough MP3 downloading is very populair it really doesn't hurt the music industry as much as organistations like the RIAA tend to make it look like.
Altough teenagers might download more music, they still want to buy their CDs. They use the file sharing networks to find and try new music and they also understand that artists need money to make a living:
Students Lora Michaelides and Lindsey McCollow, sophomores at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, say the executives have got it all wrong. "I buy more CDs now. I want to keep the music business up," said Michaelides, who noted that while she has probably downloaded as many as 13,000 songs in her life, she also has lost count of how many CDs she owns. |
Just last week, she says she purchased three new titles to add to her music collection. "I was introduced to a lot of new music last year and I went to more concerts this summer than before I started downloading," said McCollow.
The 19-year-old roommates said they use free, MP3 music downloads as a way to get a taste of what's out there. "I think it exposes more people to tons more music. I hear something, and if I like it, I want the whole CD," said McCollow, insisting she'd rather own a CD she likes than download it.
Well this is another research that says the music industry is currently struggling but that stopping online music sharing might not be the solution. Read the entire story here.
Source: Yahoo.com
