- Percentage of early-adopting PVR (Personal Video Recorder, like the Linux-platformed TiVo) owners who are watching more TV than before they oned the device: 63
- Percentage of current PVR owners who have "no idea" of which channels the shows being watched were originally on: 12
- Percentage of current PVR and VCR owners who like to scan past ads: 25
- Number of channels on Dish Network's $31.95/mo Dish 150 plan: 215
- Number of open source licenses on the Open Source Initiative's approved list: 22
- Percentage of 74 leading brands that have lost brand value over the last ten years: 55
- Percentage drop in value for all 74 leading brands over the same period: 5
- Number of new products introduced last year: 31,432
- Royalty charge paid by recording equipment manufacturers, according to the American Home Recording Act (AHRA), as a percentage of the manufacturer's revenue: 2
- The Sound Recordings Fund's share of AHRA royalty payments: 2/3
- Percentage of that fund allocated for "non featured musicians and vocalists": 4
- Percantage of remaining royalties allocated for "featured recording artists": 40
- Percentage of remaining royalties allocated to "owners of the exclusive right to reproduce sound recordings distributed during the relevant year": 60
- Red Hat percentage on machines surveyed by Linux Counter: 28.39
- Slackware percentage on machines surveyed by Linux Counter: 22.40
- Debian percentage on machines surveyed by Linux Counter: 19.30
Sources: 1-3 Electronic Media, from NextResearch; 3, The Wall Street Journal; 4, Dish Network; 5, Open Source Initiative <www.opensource.org>; 6-8, Financial Times; 9-13, RIAA
Background (not for pubication, just for reference if we ever need to look back):
http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?id=010807001167&query=%22no%20logo%22
http://riaa.com/Licensing-AARC-2.cfm