p2pnet - rss feed: Big 4’s IFPI — same old same old
p2pnet news view | Music:- “[…] our assumption that consumer spending on DVDs in 2008 would decline at an accelerating rate (exacerbated by the far slower than expected rollout of next-gen DVD) now appears incorrect,” said Pali Research’s Rich Greenfield recently.
Consumer spending on DVDs has in fact been, “surprisingly strong” in the first half of 2008 —- up nearly 2%, he stated unequivocally.
And yet,”Global sales of recorded music fell by 8% in 2007,” according to figures released in June by Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG’s International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), says The Economist.
They blame 70% of the decline on “file-sharing” software, the story goes on, pointing out, “Industry groups have sued thousands of users of such software, and have supported legislation to criminalise it.”
In reality, the legislation was bought-and-paid for and only one person —- a Minnesota single mother targeted by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) the Big 4’s American enforcer —- has actually appeared in court. And her case will certainly be re-heard.
Another entertainment industry ‘trade association,’ Hollywood’s MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), was vehement in blaming 44% of its domestic losses on file sharing American students.
However, after the unsupported estimate had been repeatedly quoted as fact in the mainstream media and by politicians (with an interest in entertainment) to ‘prove’ the studios are being “devastated’ by the activity, the statistic, produced by a company called LEK which is still churning out numbers used by industry elements, turned out to be wholly and completely wrong.
By the time the truth came to light, though, the damage had been done.
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Meanwhile, “file-sharing has so far proved impossible to stop,” says The Economist, going on, “And it is not all bad news for the industry, because it can provide helpful insights into music-lovers’ interests.”
For every song bought legally in shops or online, “around 20 songs are illegally downloaded,” the story has BigChampagne, a firm that, “compiles and sells statistics about file-sharing,” saying.
“Its customers can find out how many times, and where, a song has been illicitly downloaded, for example, what the figure was five weeks ago, what other music its fans like, and so on,” it continues.
BigChampagne CEO Eric Garland told p2pnet he was “tickled pink” to see his company quoted by The Economist, but its, “angle on this story may be a bit old-fashioned, and selfishly I wished they’d talked more about BigChampagne’s principal business: working with P2P data and data from a wide range of third parties (co’s like MTV, Apple, Mediabase) to integrate traditional broadcast, sales, online data and more into really unprecedented business intelligence,” he said.
“Many music executives were reluctant to take advantage of file-sharing statistics because of the trouble the technology has caused in the industry,” the story has Garland saying.
TV stations and film studios, by contrast, are “sprinting through the stages of grief” —- and, “coming to terms with the reality that details of the illegal use of their material can, in fact, be very useful indeed”.
[The cartoon on the right is from The Economist.]
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appears incorrect -2008 DVD sales ’surprisingly strong’, July 15, 2008
The Economist -Thanks, me hearties, July 17, 2008
certainly be re-heard - p2pnet Jammie Thomas v RIAA digest, June 30, 2008
completely wrong - Huge Hollywood mistake in student download stats, January 23, 3008
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July 19th, 2008 at 9:35 am
hey jon, you definetly want to proof read taht one again,
Even me with myslef crappy english knowledge can’t make up what your crappy english could probalby mean here:
In reality, the legislation was bought-and-paid for and only one person —- a Minnesota single mother targeted by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) the Big 4’s American enforcer —- has actually appeared in court. And her case will certainly be re-heard.
July 19th, 2008 at 9:40 am
so this 20 for one figure is that one worldwide?
Because the german section of the mafiaa had (as far as I remember correctly) lately stated that a 10:1 ratio alone for german users happends in germany.
Which would mean that “we” are responsible for 50 percent of all evilness worldwide! Cool!
“Endlich sind wir Deutschen wieder wer!” Dictating the world by half!
July 19th, 2008 at 11:32 am
“TV stations and film studios, by contrast, are “sprinting through the stages of grief” —- and, “coming to terms with the reality that details of the illegal use of their material can, in fact, be very useful indeed”.”
If piracy of TV shows had been going on back in the 1960s, the BBC wouldn’t be missing episodes of Doctor Who and other historically important shows right now.
July 19th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
To paraphrase Mark Twain:
“There are lies, there are damned lies, and then there
are Music Industry piracy statistics.”
I for one will never believe anything said by the Big 4
or their associates.
July 20th, 2008 at 7:04 am
Well, now that big Movie’s are making record sales (a surprise considering how badly the US Economy has been lately), I would expect to see statements from the MPAA regarding how horrible of a year its been, but yet The Dark Night has shattered many opening night sales…
Sure this is fr only one movie, but lately the comic book movies have been doing well, several sequels have come and gone and done well. Again a surprise for how terrible the US Economy is at the moment…
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:41 am
I’ve got a tip for the RIAA : I’m not interested in anything produced by their music pimps anymore.
To the MPAA : People are only downloading what’s already recordable from TV, stupid whingers