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Every month 2.6 billion files are downloaded illegally(music
alone)
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CD shipments were down 9% in 2002 on top of the 6% decline
in 2001
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Pirates swap 400,000 and 600,000 online movies everday(estimates
by Divine an internet company)
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Hardrives in 1992 were 120 mb and now are 40 gigabytes
(300 times larger)
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CD Album sales slid from 712 million units in 2001 to
608 million in 2002
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2000 top 10 albums sold 60 million, 2001 40 million, 2002
33 million
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56% in sales of mp3 players over 2001
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1.7 billion blank CDs were sold (up 40% from the year
before)
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The price of each pirated song is $150,000 if caught
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In China piracy rates for movies, music and software are
more than 90%
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The price of a download at iTunes is 99 cents per song
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1/2 of internet users (60 million) copy music, movies
and other things for each other over peer to peer networks
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When the CD was introduced sales went from 800,000 in
1983 to 288 million in 1990
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January of 2003 2 major CD chains (Warehouse Entertainment
and Value music) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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500 music specialty stores nationwide have been shut down
in recent months
