[thechat] Music piracy not responsible for sales drops

[Lachlan Cannon]

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/28/1043534039320.html

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While Australian music sales dropped last year, the Australian Recording
Industry Association (ARIA) concedes that online song-swapping and CD
burning may not be to blame.

The message is a significant one from the music industry body, given
that its international counterparts say piracy is the primary cause of a
predicted 6 per cent fall in global CD sales this year - the fourth
consecutive annual decline.

But the industry's statistics and rhetoric are starting to be
challenged, with a range of experts finding a number of factors to blame
for the down-turn - including the music industry itself.
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Lach
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