At the same time that Congress is buckling under pressure to criminalize sharing even one song with jail time and stratospheric fines, [
link] a study by Harvard Business School says that file trading does not negatively impact music sales. [
link] Heralded as the first empirical study on the effects of P2P swapping, the findings of the report say that sharing not only doesn't result in lower sales, but in some instances, actually increases sales receipts by contributing to positive buzz about an album. Power to the pirates :)