The world of music beats to its unique rhythm and creates its own
trends.Post the decades-long love affair with music cassettes and CDs,
music lovers are engaging with artists on social networks and listening
to music on various online platforms.
The digital landscape has seen the
growth of legal download services like iTunes and Spotify and music sites
like Last.fm and SoundCloud alongwith the disturbing rise of the
unauthorised Bit-torrent downloads.
The inaugural Digital Music Index, produced by Musicmetric, has
analysed the world of illegal downloads and come up with a
one-of-its-kind report on social media trends, music consumption
patterns, the impact of releases, gigs and TV appearances on an artist's
profile and trends on the global BitTorrent network.
The report revealed that the United States topped all nations in
unauthorised music downloads during the first six months of 2012,
followed by the United Kingdom (43.3 million), Italy (33.2 million),
Canada (24 million) and Brazil (19.7 million). India came in at number
eight with 8.9 million downloads.
BitTorrent contains both legal and illegal files, but most of the
music downloads identified in the study are not legally available on the
network. The report presented a gloomy picture of the piracy scene with
Musicmetric CEO Gregory Mead claiming that even crippling Pirate Bay,
one of the largest illegal download sites, hasn't had much effect on the
illegal downloading scene.
On the positive side, it was found that demand for legal tunes has
seen a rise.
The report revealed that, "The Cardigan EP by Billy Van is
the No.1 torrent being downloaded in 5 of the top 20 countries by
downloads.This is noteworthy because "The Cardigan" has the rare
distinction of being licensed for distribution via the BitTorrent
network. It has become hugely popular in place of other illegal content
in a quarter of the top 20 countries for downloads.
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