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June 11, 2005

iTunes Isn't Number Two, After All

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I was instinctively skeptical of NPD's claim that iTunes has the #2 spot, and it turns out for good reason:

FWIW: the NPD report is basically worthless. The report ignored BitTorrent and eDonkey, the most popular P2P services. The report also treated all users equally; doesn't matter if you've downloaded one song on iTunes and one thousand on Limewire, you're regarded as a single user for each. Saying that iTunes is as popular as Limewire on that basis seems just a bit foolish.

The report is nothing more than pre-Grokster decision ramp up.

(See also: Apple vs. P2P: One Glib Study and Follow-Up: Apple vs. P2P)

(Thanks, Derek!)

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1. Zaxxon on June 11, 2005 9:21 PM writes...

While I agree that this study doesn't mean much. It would be almost equally irrelevant to compare the number of downloaded songs.

Why? Because the shared songs on P2P are FREE. No wonder P2P users download more songs than iTMS users.

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