music discussion:
Rebecca dug up this article by Dan Bricklin that focuses on the ongoing debate about the effect of file downloads on music CD sales.
Dan points at the numbers: “RIAA claims that “If just half of the blank discs sold in 2001 were used to copy music, that would mean that the number of burned music CDs worldwide is about the same as the number of CDs sold at retail.” You’d have to assume, reading such material, that if it weren’t for personally copied music, CD sales would be double, and with the copying they should have dropped by at least half, not 10%.”
