YouTube Hurts Music Album Sales, Research Finds

Oh crap, you know what this means? The RIAA will end up trying to sue YouTube for all those "lost sales." The music industry has often cited piracy as the main reason for the decline in music sales over the past decade, but new research suggests that YouTube may have played a role as well. Based on Warner Music's YouTube blackout, researchers conclude that the video streaming portal cost the label up to $40 million in lost album sales per year.