10m music tracks have never been downloaded
Experts claim there are more then 10,000,000 digital music tracks available on the internet which have not even been downloaded once.
Who knew Cliff Richard had recorded so many.
A study found that 80% of all revenue from digital downloads came just 52,000 tracks, a fraction of those available.
The MCPS-PRS Alliance say the results raises questions about the credibility of the "long tail" theory which suggests niche markets are one of the most important economic models of the internet.
As far as albums were concerned, the figures were even starker, only 173,000 albums purchased online from the 1.23m available to buy.
