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Apple's music revenue dips: hardware revenue from iPod sales fall faster than music sales.

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* In four years Apple has earned almost $15bn from its iPod MP3 player and related services

* In the two most recent quarters Apple's music related revenues have fallen 42.5 per cent

* Revenues from downloads and 'other' streams have fallen less sharply than from hardware sales

* Apple's iTunes Music Store (iTMS) is said to account for 85 per cent of legal music downloads in the USA

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