• It strikes me as ironic that a new technology (digital music) may have accidentally forced record labels to abandon the status quo (releasing albums) and return to the past (selling singles). – By Stephen J. Dubner

• there is surprisingly little evidence to support the claim that file sharing has significantly hurt record sales. – By Stephen J. Dubner

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