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Illegal music download, a major issue as record labels suffer from piracy

Illegal music download, a major issue as record labels suffer from piracy

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The increasing popularity of legal download websites such as Apple's iTunes and Tesco's Digital store has not slowed down the negative impact of illegal downloads on the music industry. Results of a report released by research group, The Leading Question, showed that the number of internet users who buy tracks online have fell from 16 percent to 14 percent in 2007. An even more disturbing figure is the fact that a quarter of people who purchased tracks from legal...



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