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I must admit that I think theres something wrong here, are the results biased? Are they inaccurate? Do people lie when they say that they still buy music? It all really doesn't gel, but thats what the research conducted in Canada suggests.

In the aggregate, we are unable to discover any direct relationship between P2P file-sharing and CD purchases in Canada. The analysis of the entire Canadian population does not uncover either a positive or negative relationship between the number of files downloaded from P2P networks and CDs purchased. That is, we find no direct evidence to suggest that the net effect of P2P file-sharing on CD purchasing is either positive or negative for Canada as a whole. These inferences are based on the results obtained from estimation of the negative binomial models


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Sharing is Caring in the Music Industry

I must admit that I think theres something wrong here, are the results biased? Are they inaccurate? Do people lie when they say that they still buy music? It all really doesn't gel, but thats what the research conducted in Canada suggests.


In the aggregate, we are unable to discover any direct relationship between P2P file-sharing and CD purchases in Canada. The analysis of the entire Canadian population does not uncover either a positive or negative relationship between the number of files downloaded from P2P networks and CDs purchased. That is, we find no direct evidence to suggest that the net effect of P2P file-sharing on CD purchasing is either positive or negative for Canada as a whole. These inferences are based on the results obtained from estimation of the negative binomial models

Research and Results

Now for some pro-piracy adverts,

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Samsung T10 - First Wireless MP3 Player

October 30th 2007 19:28
Samsung T10 MP3 Players Bluetooth Wireless
Given how fast technology progresses one has to wonder how the concept of a wireless MP3 player has never been made into a reality. Sure they can play movies, browse the internet and even do what computers used to (see iPod Touch) but there has never been an MP3 player that made use of wireless headphones. So big cheers and congrats to Samsung for finally doing away with the wires.

As the first major manufacturer to launch Bluetooth capable MP3 players in Australia, Samsung is offering consumers complete freedom from wires. In addition to wireless freedom, the T10 allows you to share your experience with friends – the T10 supports two Bluetooth headsets and earphones simultaneously so that three people can listen to music or watch movie footage at the same time. The T10 has touch-sensitive controls that illuminate once the player is turned on and an animated user interface makes the menu fun and simple to navigate.

VIA Samsung Press Release
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The Vii - China's Answer to the Wii

October 14th 2007 03:58
The China Vii is just the latest in copycat technology coming from China. It's a blessing and a curse for China, it's also a good reason why Nintendo and friends don't seem to be as prominant there than they could be. Pity too, considering it's a big as market buying into second rate rip offs.

China's Wii

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Old Zune Gets New Zune Features

October 3rd 2007 12:54
After announcing the Zune 2 line of MP3/movie players Microsoft has also announced that all the new features of the Zune 2 line (minus the extra storage ^_^) will also be going to the original Zune by way of a software update.

Zune 2
First Zune 2 Shots

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What N-Gage 2 Needs

February 7th 2007 07:47
N-Gage 2 prototype
N-Gage 2 Prototype?
The original N-Gage was (is) one of the biggest flops in gaming history, basically it demonstrated why it was foolish to try to push technology further than it can go for a certain time period.

So it is a little crazy reading about rumours of an N-Gage 2, complete with a proto-type photograph. Still, if lessons are learned (N-Gage name dumped) I think the N-Gage 2 could do heaps better than the first


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Zune and Monsters

January 1st 2007 15:31
You wonder why they make commercials like this, but they do. Nothing to do with the product, nothing to do with anything, nothing to do with the very fabric of the space time continuum. But they make them, and they expect it to sell whatever.


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Jumping on the iPod bandwagon with Zune

September 18th 2006 03:00
Portable Media Center
The Portable Media Center tried and failed to compete with the iPod
Microsoft tried and failed to dethrone the iPod with the Portable Media Center once before, now they are trying again with the Zune. Yeah well Microsoft can just join the rest of the copycats, the iPod will always be the dominant species in the world of the portable music player and it definitely doesn’t look like its going to change anytime in the near future pending a meteorite landing on the iPod manufacturing plant and even then there probably wont be any hope.

However to Microsofts credit it seems Microsoft may have done something it hardly ever does, it learned from its past mistakes. Microsoft’s marketing found that it wasn’t the features nor its ridiculously high price that were selling the iPods as they learned all too painfully with the failed feature rich and expensive Portable Media Center. What made the iPod so successful was its simplicity. Perhaps the first time in the history of technology that simplicity beat out complexity


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