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Tecnobrega na CNN: Solução para a Indústria da Música?

Como paraense, ver isto na primeira página do slashdot foi, no mínimo, encantador:

Brazil is one of the world’s biggest markets for music theft, with more one billion tracks illegally downloaded each year, according to the London-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Counterfeited discs account for around half of the all Brazilian CD and DVD sales.

But tecnobrega also is an economic engine — moving about $5 million a month through Belem’s economy, according to a study by the Getulio Vargas Foundation. The average singer makes about $850 a month — about five times the minimum wage in Belem, and a decent salary for a musician.