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# P2P Use Continues To Rise …
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/p2p_use_continu/
- Published: 2007-03-13T01:51:39.000Z
- Updated: 2007-03-13T01:51:39.000Z
- Description: An average of 9.3 million people per day log onto file-sharing networks worldwide. That’s up from 7 million in 2004 according to research firm Big Champagne. Approximately a billions songs. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2007/03/p2p_use_continu.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

An average of 9.3 million people per day log onto file-sharing networks worldwide. That’s up from 7 million in 2004 according to research firm Big Champagne. Approximately a billions songs are traded online every month.

At the same time music sales have fallen 17% from a peak in 2000 of $12.7 billion.

There is probably a correlation, but even if you could (and the RIAA may have [found](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2007/03/you%5Fcan%5Fuse%5Fyou.html?ref=hypebot.com) a way); what purpose is served by suing 9.3 million people?