Digital music is 6% of industry sales at Digital Music - The Future

IFPI, the international music industry association issued its report for the state of digital music in 2005. Key findings: * There are 2 million songs online, double from last year * Mobile music sales are over $400 million * Total digital music sales were $1.1 billion, up from $380 million in 2004 * Total digital downloads were 420 million singles, 20 times the amount two years ago. It is unkonwn why they didn't compare [...] Read More


IFPI Sues 8,000 World Music Fans at Digital Music - The Future

In its most ambitious action yet against consumer P2P copyright infringement, IFPI, RIAA's international counterpart, has sued 8,000 more people across the world. IFPI is spreading its message of love to several new countries, including Brazil, Mexico, and Poland. IFPI has sued individuals in 17 countries - Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, iceland, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore and Switzerland. IFPI has brought suits against [...] Read More


The Sky is Falling: Is the Record Industry Ready to Face the Music? at Digital Music - The Future

This article integrates and concludes a series of postings over the past week on digital music trends. Mitch Bainwol, Chairman of RIAA, recently told CNET "Digital sales are rising at a value that is larger than the decline in physical sales. We went through a pretty extraordinary time (recently). What you're seeing now is proof of that exercise. The promise of the digital marketplace is being realized. There's new optimism." And now [...] Read More


Digital music grew in 2005 despite P2P usage at P2P File Sharing

IFPI, the international music industry association issued its report for the state of digital music in 2005. Key findings: * There are 2 million songs online, double from last year * Mobile music sales are over $400 million * Total digital music sales were $1.1 billion, up from $380 million in 2004 * Total digital downloads were 420 million singles, 20 times the amount two years ago. It is unkonwn why they didn't compare [...] Read More


Digital Music Sales up 40% at P2P File Sharing

The IFPI has just released it's report for music sales through 2007, and it is showing massive gains for the sales of digital music, up a massive 40% on the last year. Countries like the US are now downloading 30% of their music online whereas in places like South Korea the figure is 60%. These stats are really showing how the world is embracing the digital music revolution. Unfortunatly music [...] Read More