Swedish Music Sales Rise After Pirate Bay Shutdown

Filed in archive Government by jeff goldman on November 26, 2009

A surge in music sales in Sweden is being attributed to the recent shutdown of The Pirate Bay.

"Figures from the record labels association IFPI Sweden show revenues rose 18% in the first nine months of this year, a significant reversal from seven consecutive years of decline," writes The Guardian's Katie Allen. "Much of the rise came after April's implementation of an anti-piracy law and a ruling against the operators of The Pirate Bay, the filesharing site."

"If true, the data could help prove a music industry mantra: tougher enforcement can yield results (i.e., battling the pirates is not a hopeless endeavor)," writes Ars Technica's Nate Anderson. "On the other hand, it seems to suggest that only minimal legal tools are needed... New Internet disconnection laws, ISP filtering schemes, and similar invasive measures weren't required.

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Response from: Dan (11/30/09 2:53am)

Can I just point out a few major errors in this article. The Pirate Bay were not recently shut down, the judgement in mention is nearly 7 months old now. Since then the now ex Pirate Bay admins are now apealing the decision and as of today, the site is still up.

To post such inaccurate and out of date a headline as "Swedish Music Sales Rise After Pirate Bay Shutdown" is the most useless and uninformed piece of journalism I have seen in a long time.

I suggest to pop over to a real p2p news site such as Torrent Freak http://torrentfreak.com/never-back-down-pirate-bay-adapts-to-stay-aliv
e-091129/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+T
orrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
so you can get your facts straight first.