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...this study suggests a new way of thinking about the costs and benefits of music file-sharing for both consumers and the industry...
...study was unique because it tracked exactly what was being downloaded as opposed to previous file-sharing research, which focused largely on data from surveys of internet users, according to Oberholzer...
...Certainly, the results are inconsistent with virtually every other study done by academics and research analysts about the impact of illegal file sharing,” wrote Amy Weiss, Senior Vice President of Communications at the RIAA, in a press release. Officials from the RIAA did not return requests to comment for this article...
...Oberholzer-Gee said that the conventional wisdom about file-sharing is shaky because it has been based on surveys that often rely on incorrect assumptions about consumer demand, rather than empirical research like...
Richard E. Chernela, spokesperson for Sharman Networks, the company that owns the popular file-sharing tool Kazaa, said he also believes the earlier surveys on file-sharing were inaccurate...