These figures are not really of much use to us but I wanted to ensure those wishing to see how the Cartel operate in distorting statistics and claiming zillions lost in revenue had some figures they could point to when the industry changes its mind again.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7168344.stmThe number of music downloads sold in the UK in the final week of 2007 was double the total of 12 months earlier.
The popularity of MP3 players as Christmas gifts was partly responsible for driving demand, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said.
In total there were 2.95 million downloads in seven days, the highest ever recorded for any weekly period.
And when the whole of the year was taken into account, 77.5 million downloads were sold in the UK in 2007
As most of you know its not the site policy to encourage infringement of copyright, in fact we often urge users to generate their own content and share it on the WinMX network to counter claims by the recording industry that p2p networks are set up purely to allow infringement. This has never been our view and whilst we sympathise with their plight we have seen enough chicanery and undue political interference to criminalise p2p sharing and demonise those using p2p networks, publishing their own statistics on the quantity of legal downloads is fine for them when they want to keep investers interested in their corporate business, but lets all be on the alert for when they try to mislead folks and more importantly the courts with figures far different.
