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Online services give music industry hope

January 11, 2004

USA Today Richard Warner and his family have spent thousands of dollars over the years on music, buying more than 500 CDs and 700 vinyl albums. Now Warner is surrendering $4,000 to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit — the price of his 17-year-old daughter's habit of downloading music for free.

More than 19.2 million digital tracks were sold online in the last six months, according to Nielsen Soundscan, helping to narrow the music industry's losses last year.

For now, only 30% of U.S. households use digital music, according to a survey by research firm Parks Associates...

From the article "Online services give music industry hope" by Alex Veiga (AP)

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