A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user’s local desktop computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or legal payment. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9% of all music sales in the US in 2012.[nb 1] As of January 2011, Apple’s iTunes Store alone made $1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year.
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