Despite Drop In Piracy, French Music Industry Still In Decline

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France has one of the strictest anti-piracy laws (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HADOPI). After 17 months of operation, Hadopi has released a report, claiming that illegal P2P downloads have been reduced significantly in the country (http://www.scribd.com/doc/87387866/Hadopi-Report): the studies they cite measured 43% and 66% decrease in copyright infringement. But that huge amount of 'lost revenue' doesn't seem to show up in the French recording industry (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/04/french-anti-p2p-law-cut-back-pirating-but-music-sales-didnt-increase.ars), as the overall recorded music market has decreased by 3.9% (http://www.telecompaper.com/news/french-online-music-worth-eur-110-mln-in-2011-study) in 2011. Even more interesting is that digital music sales have skyrocketed in France. Could it be that it's not piracy killing the traditional recording industry but digital distribution?

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/04/02/2037214/despite-drop-in-piracy-french-music-industry-still-in-decline