“Among Canadians who engage in P2P file-sharing, our results suggest that for every 12 P2P downloaded songs, music purchases increase by 0.44 CDs. That is, downloading the equivalent of approximately one CD increases purchasing by about half of a CD.”

Everything you need to know about Virtualization at The Register’s eSymposium Another study of P2P networks has found that music file-sharing has no detrimental effect on the CD racket and, if anything, is … via The Register

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“We are unable to find evidence of any relationship between P2P file-sharing and purchases of electronically delivered music tracks.”

Contrary to the music industry’s assertions, peer-to-peer file-sharing does not have a negative affect on the legal purchasing of music, according to a study commissioned by the Canadian government ministry … via MarketingVOX

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“There was a battening down of the hatches, if you want, where people were basically inside waiting for the storm to come…. sell off whatever has to be sold off, they nailed down whatever had to be nailed down”

Belt-tightening across the board appeared to ease the pain of a Canadian music industry hammered by a worldwide drop in record sales, according to a Statistics Canada report released Wednesday. via The Spirit of Rock CHOM

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Peer-to-Peer Computing, 2007. P2P 2007. Seventh IEEE International Conference on , pp. via CiteULike

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Restrictions on Use & Storage, Prohibition on Resale You agree that the Service is not to be used to host peer-to-peer application that you are not actively using. via Drew Clark

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“This is not the first attempt to quash a subpoena, nor do we expect it to be the last”

“); wnd.document.close(); wnd.onBlur = “window.close();”; wnd.focus(); } // –> Gigs & Bytes: Oregon Challenges RIAA Subpoena Tuesday, Nov 6, 2007 1:04PM The Recording Industry Association of America filing … via Pollstar News

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T he debate over piracy is one that has no end. One one side you have Capgemeni’s recent “value gap” study pegged piracy’s impact on the U.K. music industry at 18% of its decline from its 2004 level. via Coolfer

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The effect of peer to peer swapping has been asserted to pose an existential threat to the entertainment industries. via The Patry Copyright Blog

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TORONTO & CAMAS, Wash.– –JumpTV, a leader in broadcasting international television and sports over the Internet, has chosen Abacast as their hybrid P2P CDN technology partner. via Business Wire

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“We estimate that the effect of one additional P2P (peer-to-peer) download per month is to increase music purchasing by 0.44 CDs per year”

The enforcement arm of the Australian music industry has dismissed damaging overseas research that found illegal music sharing actually increased CD sales. via The Sydney Morning Herald

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A 35-year-old man has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle to mail fraud, accessing a protected computer without authorization to further fraud and aggravated identity theft. via Daily News

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On a Bell Sympatico forum specifically addressing the throttling of P2Ps, the discussion administrator replied with the following statement : Hi, Yes, we are now using a Internet Traffic Management to restrict … via Mashable

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“Last year, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and opponents of Net Neutrality told Congress that the FCC has all the authority it needs to prevent exactly this sort of customer abuse by a major provider”

Free Press , Public Knowledge , and others have filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling with the FCC in order to stop ISPs from blocking peer-to-peer Internet traffic from services such as BitTorrent and … via DigitalKoans

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Earlier today, Industry Canada, a ministry of the federal government, released a surprising study of peer-to-peer file-sharing on the music industry. via The Globe and Mail

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Our current political economy is based on a fundamental mistake. It is based on the assumption that natural resources are unlimited, and that it is an endless sink. via Robin Good’s Latest News

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