The Swedish International Federation of the Phonographic Industry have been reporting that Swedish music sales have risen by 18 percent in the first nine months of this year with much of the improvement happening in recent months. The Pirate Bay was found guilty of breaking copyright law in Swedish courts earlier this year and some of the increase (according to experts in the industry) is being associated to this.
Music industry experts have claimed that other countries will be looking to copy Swedish legal measures levelled on file sharing sites such as The Pirate Bay because they appear to be making a noticeable difference to sales.
There are still many other ways to get access to music files however this may just be the first step in stronger legal measures from government and official bodies in the clamp down to illegally shared materials. Perhaps if people had stronger alternative options to iTunes and Spotify with slightly more competitive prices this might also improve sales.
I wish the world's anti-piracy organizations would stop thinking of ideas on how they can stop piracy, because it's not going to happen. Ever.
There will always be a not-so legal version that someone will either get for free, or pay other people to get for them.
War on Drugs, Fail. You have to destroy the source, not the distributers.
War on Terroism, Epic win, for the terroists. Now we have more people that hate us. Nice. (USA, UK) (though on plus side it keeps a lot more running)
War on piracy - Will never win, There are some aspects that are so underground that you just can't root them out.