In Norway, almost liquidated music piracy

The last case study of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, IFPI) in Norway показало, that only 4% of young people aged under 30 use illegal methods of obtaining music. Instead, most prefer strimingovyh services such as Spotify or Tidal. Head of the Norwegian units IFPI Marte Thorsby (Marte Thorsby) said: & quot; We have created services that are better and friendlier illegal ... In the last five years we have virtually eradicated the illegal music sharing i> & quot ;. In 2009, illegally downloading music 80% of young Norwegians.





The main reason for such an incredible drop in piracy - passion strimingovyh music. March Thorsby says that now 75% of the revenue record companies in Norway comes just from sites like Spotify. Revenue growth industry can also be assessed according to the schedule:





Since November 2014 a leading indicator of the US music industry magazine Billboard in compiling the charts of artists начал the specifications strimingovyh services (Spotify, Beats Music, Google Play and Xbox music). 1500 plays every track on any of the statistical services company Nielsen SoundScan recorded as sales of the album.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/245000/