Thursday 11:31am (28th May 2009)

The IFPI study (2009)..
In this old press release from APRA/RIANZ they say "it is estimated that 19 out of every 20 downloaded songs infringe copyright." This statistic comes from a self-produced music industry study (released by the IFPI) saying that 95% of music downloads are illegal. The IFPI only 10% of these these to lost sales, and neither statistic in the IFPI study is backed by scientific rigor. Further, the study is internally inconsistant... see IFPI: Music piracy at 95%! (or is it 18%?) and Brenda Wallace's response. Illegal downloads occur, but we are yet to see the verified process through which these figures were reached.