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Old 9th February 2010   #193
Julien
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While illegal file-sharing has, without a doubt, been playing a huge part in the downfall, we should perhaps also consider other factors:



Source: Ars Technica [How Hollywood plans to keep prices up as movies go online ]

Note that the data is expressed here in terms of revenue, and thus says little about physical sales per se (the price for CDs and DVDs has dropped quite a bit in the past few years and the average digital album is cheaper than CDs were in the early 2000's).
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