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New Study: Illegal File Sharers Are the Big Spenders when it Comes to Buying Music
They spend almost twice as much on music than the ‘honest’ music listeners, new poll shows It’s been quite a while now since the music industry (with consistent support from the government) has tried to convince us all that file sharers are to blame for their losses and there’s been no benefit from those who download content via p2p networks altogether. Now a new poll in UK tells an entirely different story (as others have, previously). According to the report conducted by Ipsos Mori, people who admit to downloading music illegally spend an average of £77 a year on music which is £33 more than those who say they never grab music from illegal file sharing sites.
Continue reading »7 Million UK File-Sharers Myth Debunked
Govt-touted study turns 136 admitted file-sharers from sample of 1,176 households into the the much touted 7 million, but actual total could be as low as 3.9 million, and it turns out the figure was derived by research funded by the British Phonographic Industry which has been actively lobbying the govt for a crackdown on P2P. The UK govt and music industry often state that 7 million people in that country regularly engage in illegal file-sharing, and thus there is a dire need to combat the problem in order to protect its creative content industries. A listener e-mailed the BBC’s Radio 4 More or Less program and asked them to look into whether the number is true or not being that so much is at stake.
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