MP3s Not Source of Music Industry Woes: Study
Jack Kapica,
Globe, Mail,
Aug 14, 2002
People selling educational content (such as learning objects) should watch this issue closely. The music industry, citing threats to its income, went after Napster even though sales increased while it was in operation. According to this study, though, online file sharing was not the cause of the music industry's woes - blame that on more competition from other sources of entertainment and on a general downturn. Indeed, there is a lot of money to be made selling music online, but this involves giving consumers rights - such as the right to select what they want and pay only for what they want to download - that the music industry thus far has not been willing to grant.
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