Ultimate Chart (a/o May 20th):
The finding comes from a surprising source: music industry trade group IFPI, an active supporter and participant in the early-2012 shutdown of Megaupload. In a report just published by the agency, the shutdown of Megaupload caused a mere 16 percent decline in broader locker usage, despite seemingly substantial ripple effects for rivals like Hulkshare, FileSonic, FileServe, Upload.to and Mediafire.
Ultimately, locker usage landed at around 110 million users heading into 2013, which is completely at odds with the industry narrative. "The site's closure had a ripple effect throughout the sector with services such Hulkshare and Mediafire quickly changing their operations to implement filtering, or dropping rewards programmes designed to encourage users to upload large amounts of material," the IFPI reported. "The use of these services fell sharply throughout 2012."
Visitor Thursday, February 28, 2013
16% sounds nice to me...
Visitor Thursday, February 28, 2013
16% decline in file locker use, and a substantial increase in use of bit-torrent. Overall, piracy did not diminish one bit. Way to go!
Visitor Thursday, February 28, 2013
"piracy did not diminish one bit"
Oops, you forgot documentation.
But here are the facts:
Global recorded music industry revenues rose last year for the first time since 1999!
Source: Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/f7b0f2b0-8009-11e2-adbd-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2MCWp2bkf
Funny coincidence, eh? :)
Visitor Thursday, February 28, 2013
oops!
Where's your documentation that correlation implies causation here??
Might this trend we're seeing have anything to do with a more than decade long adoption of digital production, distribution and commerce by both the industry and consumer??
Must be a slow day at the buggy whip factory huh?
Visitor Thursday, February 28, 2013
"Where's your documentation that correlation implies causation here?"
Which part of 'funny coincidence' did you not understand?
Again, here are the documented facts:
1) The MegaUplad ShutDown caused a 16% drop in locker usage.
2) Global recorded music industry revenues rose last year for the first time since 1999!
Oh, and you still forgot your own documentation...
lroose Thursday, February 28, 2013
LOL
Graphic below just crushed your funny coincidence, unless you think the use of IE and the murder rate are correlated.
Visitor Thursday, February 28, 2013
Don't like facts much, eh? :)
lroose Friday, March 01, 2013
I love facts, but suggesting that two facts are correlated because they generally trend the same way at the same time is a patently false way to go about it.
The IE/Murder rate graphic is a perfect illustration of why this careless way of assigning causality doesn't work.
Visitor Thursday, February 28, 2013
Streaming had strong growth last year. There is little evidence that the growth in revenue was because of a shutdown of Megaupload. It could have easily been because of Spotify, Muve, and Deezer.
Visitor Thursday, February 28, 2013
The shutdown of the world's second largest piracy site -- the first increase in recorded music industry revenues in 14 years.
Two impossible events, according to yesterday's pirates. :)
Like I said, a funny coincidence.
But I think most of us will agree in a year or two from now that the fall of MegaUpload was the turning point...
Visitor Thursday, February 28, 2013
Politician Thursday, February 28, 2013
I like this report.
And since google is paying for my re-election I say anyone who doesn't use google chrome supports murderers!!!
Politician Thursday, February 28, 2013
Sorry, my aide just informed me that I read the chart wrong.
My position has changed anyone who uses chrome or firefox supports murder!!
Visitor Thursday, February 28, 2013
BURNED
Visitor Thursday, February 28, 2013
Someone's always gotta piss in the punch bowl.
Visitor Thursday, February 28, 2013
What a burn
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