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There are two main methods for obtaining music online: peer-to-peer file-sharing programs and legal subscription services.
At that time, the usual method of obtaining music as well as video over the Internet was to download the file.
Most worrying is the rise of a generation used to obtaining music illegally through file-sharing, particularly in Europe (see chart).
There remains a role for letting consumers know that obtaining music illegally is unacceptable and unfair to the artists they love, but we've always said that a thriving legal marketplace is the best anti-piracy strategy.
If they don't want to lose permanently a generation of music consumers who have felt the rush of obtaining music for free, the labels need to act in a hurry.
They have emerged, industry analysts say, as users have become accustomed to obtaining music online but as a vacuum was created by the demise of Napster and the failure of record labels to create their own for-pay services quickly.
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[C7.] Claims on Free Music Disputed Disputing the position of the record companies, a new report has found that people who use file-sharing networks to obtain music over the Internet are likely to increase their spending on music.
The music industry is on the cusp of change as more people begin to obtain music electronically over the Internet rather than on a compact disk sold at a record store.
The report goes to the heart of the debate on the impact of computer and Internet technology, specifically, the file-sharing networks like Kazaa and Music City, which millions of people use to obtain music over the Internet.
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