Napster May Cut Into CD Sales

May 25, 2000 9:32 AM

According to a CNET story on Yahoo (thanks FreshView), a study by record industry tracker SoundScan shows declining CD sales at stores near universities (4% drop in sales in the past two years). While of course it would be super convenient for the RIAA or any lawyer to use this in their cases against Napster, it's not that likely Napster is to blame. In 1998 the decrease in sales was actually bigger than in 1999, while Napster wasn't even around in 1998. Even the store owners are saying it's not really noticable, and mostly singles are involved here. Here's what the RIAA had to say though

"The findings come as no surprise and confirm our worst fears," said Amy Weiss, a spokeswoman for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which is suing Napster. "This demonstrates the importance of protecting artists' rights on the Internet."

Maarten Goldstein

Filed Under

From The Chatty

Refresh Go To Thread

matrix

 reply
May 25, 2000 9:35 AM

*cough* * B U L L S H I T * *cough*
- matrix
  
   reply
  May 25, 2000 9:36 AM
  
  aybe the college kids are tired of the same old shit the Music Factory's(tm) are churning out?
  - avixe
    
     reply
    May 25, 2000 9:50 AM
    
    #6: no damn kidding, eh? I find something, think it's cool. Play it five times, I'm done. No depth! No replayability!
    
    MURDER YOUR RADIO.
    
    Of course, the other side of the coin is that Napster ate RIAA's balls.