Via Slashdot, Bloodstar007 found an interesting link to the Boycott-RIAA website on which people are running an analysis of the RIAA's (Recording Industry Association of America) sales versus a number of other large corporations. The analysis shows that the RIAA's numbers are consistent with the rest of economy and the conclusion is thus not surprising:
So what exactly does this tell us? Perhaps not as much as we'd like. This particular analysis does not tell us exactly how accurate the rest of the model is, and several other professional statistician shortcomings. Remember, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics; this is just another statistic. I would assert, however that it does make the case in cold, hard numbers that the RIAA's claim of digital piracy ravaging their sales must be taken with a rather large grain of salt. The CEOs of Eastman-Kodak are in a nearly identical economic situation as the RIAA, yet do not have the luxury of blaiming digital piracy. But perhaps they should try. It'd be interesting... |
We've already posted several newsitems on the RIAA's piracy numbers and their questionability and this article is another example. You can read the complete analysis here.
Source: Boycott-RIAA.com
