Re: [ARSCLIST] Net music piracy 'does not harm record sales'

["Farrington, Jim" <jfarrington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Also, for those who weren't at the session (or want a less-heated
discussion), there are two relevant webcasts. One can be accessed from
http://www.rochester.edu/provost/peertopeer.html, which was held here at the
U of Rochester and included not only Provost Phelps, but also RIAA president
Carey Sherman (among others). The other, an earlier session sponsored by
Educause at its 2003 meeting, can be found at
http://www.educause.edu/asp/doclib/abstract.asp?ID=EDU0302 and includes both
Phelps and Sherman, plus Penn State President Graham Spanier and MPAA
representative Jack Valenti (whose infamous testimony before Congress that
the videotape represented the greatest threat to Hollywood is brought up in
this context).

Jim


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Cox [mailto:doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 4:20 PM
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Net music piracy 'does not harm record sales'
>
>
> On 31/03/04, David Seubert wrote:
> > For those of you who were at the ARSC Conference and heard the
> > spokesperson for the RIAA state that downloading is the cause of the
> > recent decline in CD sales might want to read about a new
> study which
> > found that this is not true:
> >
> > http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994831
>
> Here is the original paper. It seems very thorough.
>
> http://www.unc.edu/~cigar/papers/FileSharing_March2004.pdf
>
> However, I suspect the RIAA are against anybody being able to hear any
> music without paying for it, even if it were shown that downloading
> greatly increased sales. Some people feel that nothing should ever be
> free - they would commercialise the Library of Congress if they could.
>
> Regards
> --
> Don Cox
> doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>