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# STOP COMPLAINING! Study Shows New Era Of Abundance In Music, Entertainment [INFOGRAPHIC]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/stop-complaining-study-shows-new-era-of-abundance-in-music-entertainment-infographic/
- Published: 2012-01-30T14:46:27.000Z
- Updated: 2012-01-30T14:46:27.000Z
- Description: A new white paper presented today a Midem, Techdirt founder Mike Masnick heralds a very different present and future for the music and entrainment industries than the doom and gloom. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/stop-complaining-study-shows-new-era-of-abundance-in-music-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

[![image from www.google.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20163006815ac970d-75wi "image from www.google.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20163006815ac970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

A new white paper presented today a Midem, **[Techdirt](http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120129/17272817580/sky-is-rising-entertainment-industry-is-large-growing-not-shrinking.shtml?ref=hypebot.com)** founder **Mike Masnick** heralds a very different present and future for the music and entrainment industries than the doom and gloom often presented in the mainstream media. Combining statistics from a number of sources, **"The Sky Is Rising"** shows that:

- Entertainment spending as a function of income went up by 15% from 2000 to 2008
- Employment in the entertainment sector grew by 20% — with indie artists seeing 43% growth.
- The overall entertainment industry grew 66% from 1998 to 2010.
- The amount of content being produced in music, movies, books and video games is growing at an incredible pace.

Techdirt [created](http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120129/17272817580/sky-is-rising-entertainment-industry-is-large-growing-not-shrinking.shtml?ref=hypebot.com) this graphic representation of their findings:

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[![image from cdn.techdirt.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20168e65ef60e970c-450wi "image from cdn.techdirt.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20168e65ef60e970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

**The full [Sky Is Rising](http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120129/17272817580/sky-is-rising-entertainment-industry-is-large-growing-not-shrinking.shtml?ref=hypebot.com) study:**

[TheSkyIsRisingReport](http://www.docstoc.com/docs/111579571/TheSkyIsRisingReport?ref=hypebot.com)

  
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