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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Noggers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Interesting study in the news here today regarding a study from the UK which challenges the music industry’s claims that declining sales are directly related to downloading/file sharing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The outcome is that the study claims music sales might be declining, but it’s almost certainly not due to people downloading.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.3news.co.nz/Piracy-not-to-blame-for-music-sales-drop---report/tabid/412/articleID/203889/Default.aspx">http://www.3news.co.nz/Piracy-not-to-blame-for-music-sales-drop---report/tabid/412/articleID/203889/Default.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A different tact, that maybe AFACT could adopt, is to increase interest in sales by making music more accessible via the internet.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Regards, <br> <br> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Darren Moss</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>General Manager<br>Australia and New Zealand<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>em3 People and Technology, Managed Technology Experts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>[p] 1300 131 083 extension 105 [f] 03 9017 2287<br>[e] <a href="mailto:Darren.Moss@em3.com.au"><span style='color:blue'>Darren.Moss@em3.com.au</span></a> [w] <a href="http://www.em3.com.au/"><span style='color:blue'>www.em3.com.au</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>PO Box 2333, Moorabbin VIC 3189<br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>New Zealand</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> Airedale Street, Auckland City<br>[p] 0800 888 285 [f] 09 887 0273<br>PO Box 39573, Howick 2045 </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>