Originally published January 5 2004
Bad study draws wrong conclusion about RIAA lawsuits and their effect on
music piracy
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
It's a silly study (see below) and it draws an incorrect conclusion. The
reduction in piracy downloading is due to the launch of services like
iTunes.com and Listen.com, which allow people to pay for music. The
lawsuits are doing nothing but annoying the public and showing the
RIAA's true Nazi colors. Want proof? If the lawsuits were really
working, then why aren't retail CD sales rising to pre-piracy levels?
The answer, of course, is because more and more people are boycotting
retail CD sales in protest to the RIAA's actions like suing 12 year old
girls for downloading happy birthday songs and other such nonsense.
When the recording industry announced last year that it would start
suing internet music pirates, critics argued that the record companies'
controversial tactics would only alienate the very consumers on whom
they depend.
But a study released at the weekend suggests the industry's
high-profile lawsuits have dramatically curtailed Americans' online
music-sharing habits.
The survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project showed about
14 per cent of Americans downloaded music files over the internet in the
four weeks ending on December 14.
Fred von Lohmann of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an internet
users' campaigning group, noted that data from internet tracking
services showed little decline in activity on online peer-to-peer
services such as Kazaa.
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