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Feb 4th 2009
From Economist.com
Digital-music revenues jumped in 2008
BIG record companies and music-retailer may be struggling, but sales of digital music are booming. Global revenues leaped by 28% last year, despite piracy—up to 95% of digital music is obtained illegally, reckons the IFPI, a trade body. Though this figure is disputed, governments are enacting tougher legislation to catch illegal file-sharers and shut down the sites they use. Last week Britain's government proposed a £20 ($28.60) levy on every household using broadband to help offset the costs of piracy.
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