Not so, you can break down the StatCounter stats by country: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-CN-monthly-200810-200911 http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-RU-monthly-200810-200911

http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-daily-20080701-20090505 You can break it down by country or region

"It sees the move as a way of generating more money for the record industry, which would use it to discover new talent."

The self-reinforcing loop between capital and talent would be more efficient as a self reinforcing loop between consumer and talent. Of course that such a system of direct distribution would obsolate the record companies would violate the #1 tenet of neo-liberalism; More Money for Me!