13.UK download sales on the rise?? why all the hullabaloo?

• Online sales of Kylie Minogue's and other artists' music have been helped by websites abandoning copying protections.
• UK sales of music downloads could exceed £160m this year thanks to a pick-up in album buying and the launch of new online stores, according to trade group ERA Digital.
• The new offshoot of the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) cites Official UK Charts Company (OCC) data showing album download sales increased 76% year on year by volume in January. Singles download sales were up 45%. So why are artists whining if sales are increasing?...
• ERA's projections for coming months suggest the UK digital and music market as a whole could rise by about 50% this year.
• Album download sales will reach £69.4m, while single-track downloads will be worth £96.4m, it said.
• The trade group highlighted the boost to digital music sales in the UK from new stores such as Play.com's online shop launched last week.