Ordinary phonograph record merchandising as it exists today is a stupid process which concerns itself essentially with pieces of plastic, wrapped in pieces of cardboard.

Frank Zappa, zappa.com

The link between VHS/DVD sales and declining CD sales is truly remarkable, in fact, the increase in VHS/DVD sales fully compensates for the decline in CD sales. Using the word “compensate” seems appropriate since the major companies concerned are involved in both the music and the movie industry.

Claus Pedersen, Piratgruppen.org

Consistent with many other studies, people who download music from P2P services frequently buy that same music. The study found that only 25% of respondents said they never bought music after listening to it as a P2P downloaded track. That obviously leaves nearly 75% as future purchasers, including 21% who have bought music ten times or more.

Michael Geist, www.michaelgeist.ca

Har man tillgång till en dator med internetuppkoppling är det enkelt att ladda ner film och musik helt gratis. Ett litet program i datorn kopplar ihop din hårddisk med tusentals andra datorer runt om i hela värdlen. Sen är det bara att byta och kopiera vad man vill.

Kreti och Pleti, Kreti & Pletis hemsida

In this report we have presented results that show that filesharing stimulates the interest for music. Even if old favourites are most popular, many downloaders also discover new music and new artists, and many of them later buy a CD or visit a concert with this artist. It also happens frequently that downloaders buy music that they have downloaded and already listened to. Most often it happens for heavy downloaders, which once again show that fileshares also are big spenders on legal music downloads.

Håkan Selg, et al, KTH