FTFA "So the money that used to flow through the music business has slowed to a trickle"<p>I'd like to call that a "mis-speak"<p>"The digital music business internationally saw a sixth year of expansion in 2008, growing by an estimated 25 per cent to US$3.7 billion in trade value. Digital platforms now account for around 20 per cent of recorded music sales." [1]<p>Which makes music sales of US$18 billion for 2008 by contrast the revenue for the top 20 countries in 2005 was $12b [2]<p>"PRS for Music, the organisation representing songwriters, composers and music publishers, today published new research showing that UK music industry revenues totalled £3.63bn in 2008, up 4.7% from 2007’s £3.46bn." [3]<p>Some fucking trickle<p>[1] <a href="http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/dmr2009.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/dmr2009.html</a><p>[2] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry#Statistics" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry#Statistics</a><p>[3] <a href="http://www.prsformusic.com/aboutus/press/latestpressreleases/Pages/UKMusicIndustryrevenues.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.prsformusic.com/aboutus/press/latestpressreleases...</a>