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sábado, janeiro 21, 2006
The mobile phone became a portable music device in 2005,
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Music fans downloaded 420m single tracks from the internet last year - twenty times more than two years earlier - while the volume of music licensed by record companies doubled to over 2m songs, according to a report from UK-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Digital music now accounts for about 6 per cent of record companies' revenues, up from virtually zero two years ago.
The legitimate digital music business is steadily pushing back on digital music piracy. In Europe's two biggest digital markets, UK and Germany, IFPI research indicates that more music fans are legally downloading music than illegally file-swapping.
The mobile phone became a portable music device in 2005, the first year in which song downloads to mobile phones spread internationally. Mobile music now accounts for approximately 40 per cent of record company digital revenues. Record companies are seeing sharply increased sales of master ringtones (excerpts of original artist recordings) which account for the bulk of their over €331m mobile music revenues.
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Digital Media Europe: News - Global digital music sales triple to €912m in 2005
Music fans downloaded 420m single tracks from the internet last year - twenty times more than two years earlier - while the volume of music licensed by record companies doubled to over 2m songs, according to a report from UK-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Digital music now accounts for about 6 per cent of record companies' revenues, up from virtually zero two years ago.
The legitimate digital music business is steadily pushing back on digital music piracy. In Europe's two biggest digital markets, UK and Germany, IFPI research indicates that more music fans are legally downloading music than illegally file-swapping.
The mobile phone became a portable music device in 2005, the first year in which song downloads to mobile phones spread internationally. Mobile music now accounts for approximately 40 per cent of record company digital revenues. Record companies are seeing sharply increased sales of master ringtones (excerpts of original artist recordings) which account for the bulk of their over €331m mobile music revenues.
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Digital Media Europe: News - Global digital music sales triple to €912m in 2005
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