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JackSpratts · 30-03-03, 10:13 PM

We won!

What an amazing effect on the media business!

When was the last time something you did had such an astonishing global impact?

Great job!

- js.

Jim Wasserman
AP

Free peer-to-peer music file-sharing has become larger than the multibillion dollar recording industry with a growth trend that has become "fundamentally unstoppable," a media analyst told a state Senate committee exploring Internet piracy on Thursday.

The free downloading habit among 61 million Americans and millions more worldwide is "cemented," with only 9 percent of U.S. downloaders believing they are doing anything wrong, said Eric Garland, founder of Beverly Hills-based Big Champagne, which analyzes Internet trends.

"We see only one trend," said Garland. "More people are downloading more copyrighted material."

We're just waiting for our fat politicos to sing! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...101EST0174.DTL

30-03-03, 10:13 PM	#1
JackSpratts Join Date: May 2001 Location: New England Posts: 10,018	Congratulations File Sharers Of Earth – P2P’s Bigger Than The Record Business! We won! What an amazing effect on the media business! When was the last time something you did had such an astonishing global impact? Great job! - js. Jim Wasserman AP Free peer-to-peer music file-sharing has become larger than the multibillion dollar recording industry with a growth trend that has become "fundamentally unstoppable," a media analyst told a state Senate committee exploring Internet piracy on Thursday. The free downloading habit among 61 million Americans and millions more worldwide is "cemented," with only 9 percent of U.S. downloaders believing they are doing anything wrong, said Eric Garland, founder of Beverly Hills-based Big Champagne, which analyzes Internet trends. "We see only one trend," said Garland. "More people are downloading more copyrighted material." We're just waiting for our fat politicos to sing! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...101EST0174.DTL