Ways to know the computer industry is really straining to find reasons for stodgy old music executives to embrace the digital era: A Microsoft and Intel-funded study provides the pretty non-shocking news that music downloads are “greener” than their compact-disc counterparts, thanks to binary files not needing much at all in the way of physical components (not to mention, no plastic wrap). Ways to know journalism is probably just as doomed: A ton of media outlets ran with this particular non-story. Oh, woe. [The Register] MORE »
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Lost In Translation: The Problems With The “Pirates Buy More Music” Study
The latest opportunity for the BitTerrorists to get all all high and mighty comes from Norway, where a business school has released a study claiming that people who download music without paying for it are in fact more likely to pay money for legit music than their non-downloading counterparts. The Bi Norwegian School of Management came to this conclusion after studying the music-consumption habits of some 1,900 people around the country. Naturally, this study is being heralded by techie types out there as proof that their open ports will, in fact, save the music industry. But there’s something about all the hubbub that doesn’t sit well with me! I hunkered down in an IM window with Idolator’s resident academic adviser Eric Harvey to figure out why. MORE »
