Study: Winny does not hurt CD sales
The Mobile Society Research Institute (which is sponsored by NTT DoCoMo) recently presented a study stating that Winny doesn’t seem to hurt CD sales.
In a summary of the study, Prof. Tatsuo Tanaka explains that while there is a correlation between an album’s sales and its downloads on the Winny network, P2P downloads don’t seem to directly increase or decrease album sales, thereby debunking the often heard statement that Winny has a negative impact on Japan’s music industry.
More coverage (+ slides) at MSN-Mainichi (Winnyで売り上げ下がらず？) and ケータイWATCH (ドコモ内部の研究機関「モバイル社会研究所」がシンポジウム開催).
(Via dottocomu)
Update: more in-depth coverage in this recent ITmedia article: WinnyはCD売上を減らさず～慶應助教授の研究に迫る.
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