harmonise to the AFPI , the euphony biz made $ 3.7 billion on digital downloads in 2008 . Too bad that was only on the 5 % of dowloaded music people actually pay for .
Despite this being one of the foggiest of the fuzzy statistic to track ( quantifying a black / hoary market is pretty tough ) , the IFPI ’s 2008 report ( basically , they ’re the international RIAA ) does figure that only 5 % of the music we acquire online is purchased licitly . I mean , it make sense to me , but it ’s good to put that bit in perspective some time .
How about a New Year ’s resolving power to support the bands you love bybuying something from them , directly if possible ? I know my music karma could use a positive saccade . [ IFPI Report(PDF ) viaBBC , CrunchGear ]
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