Last week BBC writer Bill Thompson attacked the deal Virgin Media made to send out letters on bealf of the UK's equivalent of the RIAA, the British Phonographic Industry. It's part of the BPI's campaign to "educate" broadband internet users about illegal downloading. Now Geoff Taylor, head of the BPI, has published a response on the organization's website, and not surprisingly it reads a ... [ read the full article ]
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Quote:Taylor says "Independent research has shown time after time that people who download illegally generally spend less on music than people that don?t, which undermines investment in new music."
on too...
Quote:Conveniently he doesn't provide any sources for his claim.
and furthermore...
Quote:Every study done on the subject seems to reach the same conclusion, just not the one Taylor does.
So this cat's "independent research" shows the exact opposite of every other demographic out there?
Hmmm. Methinks he may NOT be a credible source of information.
