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July 29th, 2005

Lesson for e-book biz? File-sharers said to be biggest music-buyers

By David Rothman

Details from BBC via Globalization Institute. Related: Economics of used books, from Cory Doctorow.

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One Response to “Lesson for e-book biz? File-sharers said to be biggest music-buyers”

  1. [...] The news came out last week that the biggest music consumers — the ones throwing down cash for music — are also the biggest music sharers. Alan Wexblat at Copyfight says simply: “those who share, care” (BBC link via TeleRead). Rather than taking legal action against downloaders, the music industry needs to entice them to use legal alternatives, the report said. [...]

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