yea yea, I was on napster when it came out, and bear share, and limewire, and mininova, and thepiratebay.
I found this article on the front page of Digg and found it very interesting link its from torrent freak and is written by the writer Ernesto.
The Article states that regardless of rising pirating, revenue for the music industry continues to increase through digital sales and although CD sales are down, mobile and digital downloads through mediums with revenue traction such as Apple's iTunes are astronomical.
So what does it mean? It means the situation is very blown out of proportion, and that piracy is greatly out shined by those who have bought music. The pirated music has to come from somewhere, it is not all leaked, and someone at one point goes out and buys the CD or the Album online, strips the DRM and uploads it to rapidshare, youtube or their favorite torrent hosting website. On top of all of this the prevalence of mixtapes and free songs is increasingly popular on the internet, just ask DeadMau5 and Lil Wayne.
I have always justified my "stealing" by saying that I support musicians by going to see them live. It is by far my favorite activity, seeing live music is one of the best events you can spend your money on, and when they come through the NYC or South Florida area, I always make it a point to see my favorite artists.
I am really not even sure what "The Man" is even complaining about when reading that graph.
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