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Hello all. Just a quick line to say nice meeting you and thanks for the
discussions.
There is a huge task ahead of everybody in the content industry and surely
exciting things will happen
I am sorry Dan, I have zero time to help with the editing, cause I am
keeping content-wire afloat on my own
Let me know if there is anything else that we can do that does not require
brainspace
(must work like a team of 10 most days).

Below a press release that I wish someone could comment ont. I am not sure
if everybody agrees with the stats below. I'll take this opportunity to
extend An invitation to Kendra parts who wish to write for content wire we
don't pay - yet - but split any syndication revenues 50/50 with authors.

Cheers
Paola Di Maio

File sharing over the Internet drops by nearly 50% since Napster boom

The latest research released by Jupiter MMXI this week shows that the active
file sharing population in Europe has decreased by almost half since legal
proceedings were brought upon Napster.

Although the popular music file swapping service has been operating a
restricted service since July of this year, Napster remains the most popular
music destination in Europe.  This demonstrates the strength of the Napster
brand and the demand for the return of such a comprehensive service.  Over
four and a half million people across Europe regularly swap files across the
Internet and Jupiter MMXI's Internet audience research shows that a host of
Napster clones have appeared to fill the void left by Napster, however, none
have proven to be as successful.  (See chart 1)

Chart 1

Source: Jupiter MMXI At Home Panels, 08/01

Despite widespread fears that post Napster or second-generation music
swapping services provided a much wider threat to the music industry, the
reality has proved to be very different.  In fact the size of the European
Peer-to-Peer market in August of this year (without Napster) is almost half
the size it was back in February (with Napster) (See chart 2).

Chart 2

Source: Jupiter MMXI At Home Panels, 02/01 - 08/01

As well as the overall drop in people utilising Peer-to-Peer services, file
sharing as a whole has become a fragmented market.  In February of this year
12 Peer to Peer services shared a combined audience Reach of 16% in Europe,
compared to August 2001 where 17 sites share a diminished audience Reach of
7.6%.

Mark Mulligan, Jupiter MMXI analyst and author of the report says, "The
strength of Napster is testament to the popularity of sharing music over the
Internet, but also to the fact that consumers expect music to be free on the
web."

"The latest generation of Napster clones presents the record industry with
the challenge of a fragmented, grey market but poses less of a threat than
the original Napster phenomenon.  The record industry cannot afford for paid
music subscriptions and a la carte services to become premium products for a
niche audience of the online population.  If the soon to be released online
offerings of major record labels hope to convert a significant share of
existing file swappers into paying customers they will have to offer much of
what the grey market already has, and more."