The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA pdf) and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI pdf) both released statistics for 2008 sales. As expected, the numbers show that physical sales continued to drop in comparison to 2007, but digital sales grew to nearly 30 percent of the total market, and digital performance rights royalties went up 74 percent. Read more...
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28.4.09
Recording Industry Releases 2008 Sales Statistics
24.4.09
What Is The Value of Digital Music?
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) says that global sales in 2008 decreased 8.3 percent to $18.4 billion in 2008. That number takes in account all forms of revenue: physical sales, digital sales and performance rights. The recording industry blames piracy, and most likely there is some truth to that assumption. However, I think it’s also necessary to judge the value of digital content, and decide how much music fans are willing to pay for music that can be copied instantaneously at zero cost, and erased just as quickly. Continue reading...
26.2.09
Pirate Bay Trial Day 9: BitTorrent Isn’t Illegal
The Pirate Bay Trial is advancing rapidly, yesterday John Kennedy, the chief executive of the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) explained how piracy was responsible for the downfall of the music industry, and declared the $2.67 million fine “justified and maybe even conservative because the damage is immense“. Continue reading...
20.1.09
RIAA, ISP’s Lead Music Providers, IFPI
The Recording Industry Association of America drops a “John Doe” case, Internet Service Providers are also the top music providers, and the International Federation of Phonographic Industry report reveals more about Internet piracy. All in today’s Tech Round Up! Continue reading...
8.1.09
Norwegian Beatles Podcasts Yanked
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) has removed 212 Beatles podcasts, due to a rights agreement violation with music-label trade group IFPI. Each podcast, from the radio series “Our Daily Beatles”, aired in 2007, featured a different song from the Beatles repertoire, and the series would have effectively given the entire collection away for free.
The NRK had announced on Tuesday that they would make the entire series available for download by the end of the month, and 14 episodes even made it online. However, complications arose after it was revealed in NRK’s rights agreement that the IFPI only allows podcasts from shows broadcasted in the previous four weeks.
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