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# Music Industry NOT In A slump
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2004/03/music-industry-not-in-a-slump/
- Published: 2004-03-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:51:37.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:47, #ichris

The recording industry is not being hurt by pirated music as they would like you to believe. [Here's an excellent write-up](https://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1080605291.html?ref=chrisenns.com) on the recent news that's come out that the Australian recording industry is hiding numbers showing that they've had their best year ever so that they can trumpet the anti-piracy claims.

And a [new study](https://news.com.com/2100-1027%5F3-5181562.html?ref=chrisenns.com) by researchers at Harvard and N. Carolina states that *even high levels of file-swapping seemed to translate into an effect on album sales that was "statistically indistinguishable from zero."*