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    <title>&quot;Peak Napster&quot; Observation</title>
    <summary>Atrios notes a peculiar correlation in a music industry sales chart: Oddly, the years of &quot;peak Napster&quot; were also the years of peak album sales. My godfather (who is a top recording engineer in the music business) was just saying...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_12_25_atrios_archive.html#113586426361338633">Atrios </a> notes a peculiar correlation in a music industry sales chart:</p>

<blockquote>Oddly, the years of "peak Napster" were also the years of peak album sales.</blockquote>

<p>My godfather (who is a top recording engineer in the music business) was just saying the same thing to me the other day.  Hm.  That can't mean anything, can it?</p>

<p>Graphic below the fold.</p>]]>
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