File-Sharing is Good for the Economy


	File-Sharing is Good for the Economy

Djiezes

1-19-2009 10:16 AM

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economy, economics, business, money, music, piracy

Djiezes says:

The CRIA also found that downloaders buy more music than non-downloaders.

http://torrentfreak.com/filesharing-does-not-hurt-the-record-industry/

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