Yikes! OFFLINE file-sharing is killing music. Possibly.
Could all those efforts to curb online piracy be misdirected? A report from the UK Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (Sabip) claims that offline file-sharing – swapping memory sticks, hard drives and CD-Rs – could be as big a threat to the creative industries as online file-sharing.
“There’s a whole big question here around what is happening offline digitally, the swapping of discs and data in that world,” says board member Dame Lynne Brindley. “There’s a lot of it going on.”
However, Sabip points out that there is precious little research into exactly how much of this offline file-sharing is going on. In any case, it’s hard to see what action would be taken against individuals swapping music with their friends via offline means. Of course, commercial pirates flogging USB drives full of music on dodgy market stalls is another matter entirely – but that matter is covered by existing legislation.
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January 15th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
bootlegging was first and will always remain a big business just for the simplicity of it really.
January 18th, 2010 at 11:41 am
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January 22nd, 2010 at 9:23 pm
shitty music is killing music.
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:01 pm
I’m with dr. There is way too much low talent, industry-manufactured CRAP being peddled to the masses, many of whom just lap it all up. Many others simply ignore the crap and reduce their buying of music in one or more formats. Radio listenership is down, too, as people “prefer” their iPods and similar personal music players. I wouldn’t want to be trying to make a living in the music industry these days.
January 23rd, 2010 at 6:07 am
And my VCR is killing television.
1999 called. It wants its excuses back.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Ah, thanks! This cleared up some confusion I had.