BigChampagne is Watching You. In fact, they're tracking every download and selling the data to the music industry. How one company is turning file-sharing networks into the world's biggest focus group.
Wired 11.10: BigChampagne is Watching You
It seems P2P isn’t just bad for the music industry. By using this information, which is sorted by region, the music companies are able to push the most popular songs on the radio and in stores, and increase sales. But I guess they won’t ever admit to something good coming to them from P2P.