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

July 29, 2005 | 2:59 am

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By David Rothman

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

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MaisonBisson.com » Blog Archive » DRM: Bad For Customers, Bad For Publishers says:

August 5, 2005 at 11:49 am

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

July 29, 2005 | 2:59 am

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