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File Sharing Actually Good For Popular Artists


05/15/2009
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(BBC) File-sharing sites help make popular acts more popular, finds a study. The research, by industry body PRS for Music, showed the most pirated pop songs tend to be those at the top of the music charts.

It suggests file-sharing sites are becoming an alternative broadcast network comparable to radio stations as a way of hearing music.

"After taking into account some geographic differences, the top of the many music charts, from licensed and unlicensed venues, are markedly similar." - more on this story



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