Re: [acid-jazz] Music industry sues audiogalaxy

From: terrence grant (leftalive@comcast.net)
Date: Sat Jun 08 2002 - 10:38:51 CEST

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    Bullsh*t, bullsh*t, bullsh*t. The record industry is looking more like
    professional sports every day. Next thing you know, they'll be pushing for
    salary caps on their artists.

    > From: nethed <nethed@ninjatune.net>
    > Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 06:19:34 +0100
    > To: _dakati _ <dakati@postmaster.co.uk>, acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    > Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] Music industry sues audiogalaxy
    >
    >>
    >>> they claim is eating into sales.
    >>
    >> is this true? I remember reading somewhere that record sales were
    >> actually 'higher' that ever before...
    >>
    >
    > According to the http://www.ifpi.org they were only higher in 2
    > places in 2001: England and France:
    >
    > Global music sales down 5% in 2001
    >
    > London, April 16, 2002
    >
    > London, April 16, 2002 - The global music market fell 5% in value and
    > 6.5 % in units in 2001. Demand for recorded music worldwide is
    > estimated to have been stronger than ever before, but much of the
    > fall in sales is attributed to the increased availability of free
    > music via mass digital copying and the internet.
    >
    > Recorded music sales worldwide fell to US$33.7 billion. Sales of CD
    > albums fell globally by 5%, and there were declines in sales of
    > singles (-16%) and cassettes (-10%). The figures were published today
    > by IFPI, the organisation representing the recording industry
    > worldwide.
    >
    > Commenting on the figures, Jay Berman, Chairman and CEO of IFPI,
    > said: "In 2001 the international recording industry was caught in a
    > perfect storm, buffeted by the combined effects of mass copying and
    > piracy, competition from other products and economic downturn. The
    > industry's problems reflect no fall in the popularity of recorded
    > music: rather, they reflect the fact that the commercial value of
    > music is being widely devalued by mass copying and piracy.
    >
    > "The record industry is responding. It is developing new business
    > models, new payment systems and a new legal environment for the
    > future on-line legitimate business. And it is acting decisively using
    > anti-copy measures on CDs and internet anti-piracy actions to protect
    > the business that it depends on today. These measures of
    > self-protection are essential to stop the widespread erosion of
    > record producers' and artists' rights".
    >
    > Two major markets - France (up 10%) and the UK (up 5%) -
    > significantly bucked the downward trend. Both countries saw
    > exceptionally robust sales of domestic artists in 2001, which helped
    > offset the worldwide fall in sales of the biggest international
    > artists.
    >
    > Eighteen of the 20 top-selling albums in France carried French
    > repertoire; in the UK, domestic artists accounted for the top seven
    > best-selling albums last year.
    >
    > Three of the world's top five markets - the US, Japan and Germany -
    > attribute a significant part of their sharp drop in recorded music
    > sales in 2001 to the proliferation of free music and piracy.
    >
    > The effect was felt on CD sales, in most of the markets of North
    > America, Europe, Latin America and Asia. Declines in market value in
    > 2001 ranged from 4.5% in the US and 9.6% in Canada to 9.2% in
    > Germany, 8.6% in Italy, 9.8% in Austria, 14.8% in Denmark and 9.4% in
    > Japan. The pressure from mass copying was aggravated in many markets
    > by the global economic downturn, particular in the last quarter of
    > the year.
    >
    > Surveys in the most affected countries, notably the US and Germany,
    > show that mass copying and internet piracy is directly replacing
    > sales of CDs. Sales of domestic artists fared well in many major
    > markets, notably in France, Italy, UK, Spain and Australia. The
    > average share of national markets accounted for by domestic artists
    > has risen 1% a year to 68% over the last decade.
    >
    > In Germany, 18% of 10,000 consumers surveyed said burning CDs
    > resulted in them buying less music. In the US, nearly 70% of people
    > who downloaded music burned the songs on to a CD-R disc, while 35% of
    > people downloading more than 20 songs per month said they now buy
    > less music as a result.
    >
    > Three markets with vast populations and among the lowest per capita
    > music consumption rates in the world - China, Russia and India - saw
    > encouraging growth in 2001 on the back of economic improvement. Sales
    > in China grew by 15%; growth in India was 15%, and in Russia 17%.
    >
    > Many developing markets saw an increase in commercial piracy, driven
    > by the accelerating spread of organised CD-R pirate operations.
    > Piracy, combined with economic crises, particularly hit markets in
    > Latin America. The most dramatic impact on legitimate sales occurred
    > in the region's two largest markets, Brazil (down 25%) and Mexico
    > (down 16%). A similar situation exists in parts of Eastern Europe,
    > with Poland down 28%.



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