Yup, really.
Remember that post “Oh really”?
Well, I came across this one to give the other end of the number
Music industry officials say piracy has lead to a steady decline in CD sales in recent years. Overall U.S. music sales fell 0.6 percent to $12.27 billion in 2005, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
So by my math (and understanding that this number is only for the US opposed to the other one being world) that’s a little less than one billion lost - about 900 million.
So, it’s a wash really… when they give the numbers saying sales are down.. they don’t seem to take into account that current music SUCKS, and the stuff that is good, people do download legally! Greed man.
Of course, there is piracy, of course. Again, I must refer to the days of cassette tapes. This is nothing new…. so why all the big to do?
~SKi~