In the last decade, sales of albums in the United States accumulated a drop of over 50% and a decline in demand is not offset by a rise of digital formats. According to data provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, 95% of Internet music downloads worldwide continue to be illegal and what is more concern: in 2010, significantly reduced the growth of legitimate digital sales, with an annual rise of only 6%, against 12% who had registered in 2009.
of "Another blow to the business of music" in The Nation: here
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