Topic: - on March 8, 2003 at 11:39:02 AM CET
Tracking The Downloading Revolution
Rightly or wrongly, it's no secret that file sharing--specifically, music downloading--has become a popular vehicle for entertainment consumption. Just how popular? BigChampagne knows. The online research company has the technology to virtually count the number of times music files are shared throughout the country...and has been doing it for almost three years.
The data, some of which can be seen on www.BigChampagne.com, reveals a startling overview of the proliferation of file sharing. In an exclusive interview with The Network, CEO Eric Garland describes how its monitoring works, the breadth of the file-sharing phenomenon, how its data could be used by radio and the record companies, and how it can impact the future of the music industry.
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