According To NPD, 58% Of Music Acquired By Consumers Is Pilfered
According to NPD’s Internet Use Annual Survey, 58% of music acquired by consumers is stolen not paid for… Highlights: » Paid downloads increased from 7% in 2006 to 10% in 2007 » CD Sales dropped from 41% in 2006 to 32% in 2007 » Music acquired from P2P Networks increased from 14% in 2006 to 19% in...
Sony Buys Gracenote For $260 Million
Sony has purchased Gracenote, a content identification service, for $260 million. Gracenote is involved with several content identification and metadata services and its technology is now integrated into a broad range of computer applications and consumer electronics products. Gracenote, formerly CDDB, maintains a database of information about music and uses it in a variety of applications, including identifying tracks, finding...






