A quarter of Internet Users Hijacked the Music

Despite the popularity and availability of legal digital music services, such as Spotify and iTunes experience growth, piracy is still rife. Citing the Telegraph website, 28 percent of global Internet users use pirated music sites every month.
This report is based on data from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), or the Recording Industry Federation. IFPI reported a large number of people who still access music illegally as, "an investment which endanger the (industry) music" and encouraged to "develop the market to provide a legal music service".
The report cites the French government's anti-piracy laws, the laws 'Hadopi'. By closing a number of file sharing sites menggunakam this law, then assessed will increase music sales with legal services such as iTunes or Spotify.
The same system has also been introduced by the British government, by using the Digital Economy Act last year. However, the action has not been practiced.
The report also found that despite the popularity of illegal downloading continues, 32 percent of global record label revenue comes from digital sales, which is the highest in the history of the music industry. Furthermore, digital music revenue rose 8 percent to reach U.S. $ 5.2 billion.
"Upon entering the year 2012, there is good reason to be optimistic in the world of digital music. Legal services with the expansion of the audience have been across the world and consumer choice that has been revolutionized. While momentum is building a war against piracy such as government and a growing circle of intermediaries in the industry, "says CEO IFTI, Frances Moore.
However, IFTI ask the record industry was not easily satisfied with the high sales in the digital music industry. Therefore, 2012 was expected to be a successful sustainability of the momentum of digital music industry.
"We need legislation from the government with a coordinated measures relating to piracy effectively in all forms. We also need more cooperation from the online intermediaries such as search engines and advertising to support legislation digital music business," said Moore.
According to data from IFPI, Bruno Mars single, "Just the Way You Are" is the highest selling single in 2011, which sold more than 12.5 million copies. While in general, sales of digital singles in the UK, up 10 percent this year.