The increase in revenues from the sale of music in digital formats related to the development and increased consumer usage of legal, online distribution channels for the music industry
For the twelve months ended September 30, 2005, digital sales increased to 5 percent c ecorded Music revenues. Digital sales in the U.S. increased by $79 million to $105 millio 7 percent of US. Recorded Music revenues and more than offset the decline in fisc 05 US physical unit sales. International sales of music in digital formats rose by S lion to $32 million or 2 percent of international Recorded Music revenues. Exclud increase in digital sales and an approximate 6 million favorable impact of foreign y exchange rates, physical sales of Recorded Music formats declined by approxima million in the twelve months ended September 30, 2005 as compared with the tw