Despite Drop In Piracy, French Music Industry Still In Decline 272
New submitter Hentes writes "France has one of the strictest anti-piracy laws. After 17 months of operation, Hadopi has released a report, claiming that illegal P2P downloads have been reduced significantly in the country: the studies they cite measured 43% and 66% decrease in copyright infringement. But that huge amount of 'lost revenue' doesn't seem to show up in the French recording industry, as the overall recorded music market has decreased by 3.9% in 2011. Even more interesting is that digital music sales have skyrocketed in France. Could it be that it's not piracy killing the traditional recording industry but digital distribution?"
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Alizee? [wikipedia.org]
Ouch.. (Score:5, Funny)
ZOMG! (Score:5, Funny)
You mean the RIAA was LYING to us?
I just cant believe that!
Interesting (Score:5, Funny)
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IMO, France hasn't made a decent contribution to the musical world since Debussy (and some would debate that, even).
Sir, I beg to differ [youtube.com].
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French music sucks. NEXT!
Yeah, French music is contrived, but their culture is so superior. Maybe they just don't have to throw themselves into music. Maybe they're just happy with their society and don't have enough angst to churn out the most emotive music. It takes real misery to make good music, as almost any artist's life will show you. France has a lot less misery than the US, so their music is flat...And they can just buy ours, so who cares really?
See, folks?? THIS is why we can't have universal healthcare in the US: It would kill our creativity!!!