January 07, 2004
Weasels...or Lemmings?
Posted by nerdling | January 7, 2004 03:25 PM
Hooray for David Hinckley and good sense!
Well, Nielsen Soundscan figures for the year are out, and they show CD sales in 2003 were 687 million, compared to 693 million in 2002.
The 2003 total was boosted by a strong fourth quarter, but still, that's an overall drop of less than 1%, which is hardly apocalyptic in a rough year when purchases of everything from cars to movie tickets were also down.
One reason many folks feel no guilt about downloading is that they think record companies behave like weasels.
The business isn't offering much of a rebuttal.
Amen to that!
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