Themis;530355 Wrote: > There is a 30% down on Total Music market 2004 to 2009, according to > IFPI's annual report of 2009 > (http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/dmr2009.pdf) > "Liquid" music (digital) is up 940% for the same period, but it doesn't > catch up the physical sales drop neither in volume nor in value. ;) > Piracy is the main reason, as usually...
Actually, the music industry sales were dropping before that. If you check the RIAA "Key Statistics" for the period before, (1999 to 2003), you'll find their record sales dropped 18% in total dollar value in that period. That is -before- downloading was very common since most people were still on dial-up connections. While piracy is certainly an issue, it is too convenient a fall guy to pin the rap on. Every time there is a change in the music sales scene, they need someone to blame. Back in January of 1941, the fall guy was radio and ASCAP refused to renew broadcast rights for the stations. Ironically, that resulted in the creation of BMI and the introduction of gospel, blues and country music to the USA at large. Fast forward a couple of years and you have "rock 'n roll"! Talk about the law of unintended consequences. I'm sure you can find people who complained that LPs screwed up the sales of singles or that 78s screwed up both the sales of wax cylinders and sheet music. A double whammy! However, there is sales growth in areas of the recorded music business. They just haven't figured out how to transition it to fully supply the natural decline of an aging format that had been their cash cow for many years. If you look at history, that story seems awfully familiar. ;-) -- mlsstl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76496 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
