Sales of music through the Internet and mobile phones in Sweden have increased by an unprecedented 100 percent in the few days since the new Swedish anti-file sharing law went into effect. Known as the IPRED law, the controversial legislation was the result of the landmark Pirate Bay trial that recently concluded.
The Local newspaper reports that the company InProdicon is one of Sweden’s main legal file download companies. It provides around half of all downloaded music purchased within Sweden through its online and mobile phone services in conjunction with clients such as Telia, Tele2, Ahlens and MTV.
“The first week after the introduction of IPRED, sales increased by 100 percent compared to the previous weeks. I don’t know if this is only because of IPRED, but it is definitely a sign of a major change,” said InProdicon’s managing director Klas Brannstrom.
Although InProdicon declined to state exactly how many songs had been legally downloaded since the IPRED law went into effect, industry analysts say that legal downloading in general is experiencing a sustained boost. Around 60 percent of the music being downloaded is Swedish – a clear boost for Swedish artists.
“We have seen a clear sales increase compared to last year. There has been a 20-30 percent increase on an annual basis, but sales fluctuate a bit depending on which artists are launching new albums,” Brannstrom commented, adding that the increased use of online downloading may be because digital stores have a much bigger selection of music than conventional music shops.
[…] Ice News provides more details: The Local newspaper reports that the company InProdicon is one of Sweden’s main legal file download companies. It provides around half of all downloaded music purchased within Sweden through its online and mobile phone services in conjunction with clients such as Telia, Tele2, Ahlens and MTV. […]
> AC – As I live by making digital stuff, I want to get paid for it. I have seen my stuff been used around the world without agreements. Your moral is like this: everything that is easy to steal should be free.
“Sales of music through the Internet and mobile phones in Sweden have increased by an unprecedented 100 percent in the few days since the new Swedish anti-file sharing law went into effect.” This sounds suspiciously like RIAA/MPAA propaganda, and I do not believe it. Copyright protection for audio, video, and audio/video recordings should just be completely eliminated. I do not see why my taxes should be wasted supporting the broken business model of a dying industry. The “media industry” should be pushed off a cliff – we’re all better off without them.
Pirates got one year sentence in prison plus >3,000,000 penalties to pay. But I guess the battle has just started.
And if you want to get some fun – read their legal page (answers in particular)
http://thepiratebay.org/legal
Or! And buy their stuff!
there are tons of funny correspondence. Some thing like:
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> Also please note that making this email public or ridiculing it will result
> in immediate legal action and we are also contacting RipeNCC for suspension.
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> Regards
> Peter Pehrson
> aigle music / warner music international
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thank you for providing us and our users with such great entertainment.
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You have
– confused us with our ISP
– no knowledge whatsoever about BitTorrent
– no knowledge whatsoever of the appliciable laws (trademark or copyright)
– made very entertaining threats (hey, go ahead and contact RIPE NCC, please, I beg you)
You have scored 10 out of 10 points on our Legal Threats Entertainment scale. You win the grand rize: A lifetime of ridicule on our legal threats section (http://static.thepiratebay.org/legal/) !
Congratulations!
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