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Illegal File Sharing Drops

I wonder how a research firm figures this stuff out? Of course, what they don't say is that there is an error margine of +/- 10%.

According to research firm NPD Group, illegal peer-to-peer file sharing has dropped for the first time since the RIAA began its legal assault in 2003. Since that initial victory, P2P usage has only gone up -- until the June U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Grokster. In June, an estimated 6.4 million United States households downloaded at least one music file, but by October that number had dipped to 5.7 million, an 11 percent decrease. NPD says the change is the first significant drop it has seen that is not related to "seasonality," such as students returning to school.

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Posted by | Fri, Dec 16, 2005 - 07:02 AM