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Reference
| Title: | A New Spin on Music Distribution |
| Author: | Steve Crabtree [The Gallup Organization] |
| Source: | http://www.gallup.com/poll/6397/New-Spin-Music-Distribution.aspx |
| Year: | 2002 |
Details
| Subject/Type: | Piracy |
| Focus: | Music |
| Country/Territory: | United States of America |
| Objective: | To examine the use of and attitudes towards file sharing among teens and adults. |
| Sample: | 501 teens (aged 13-17); 1.714 adults (aged 18+) with Internet access |
| Methodology: | Telephone interviews with teens (Dec 2000-Feb 2001) and adults (May and March 2002) |
Main Findings
81% of teens were familiar with file-sharing programs and 93% of them had friends who used such programs to download "free" music. 55% of teens thought that the possibility of sharing/copying music on the Internet made people less likely to buy a CD. However, 76% of teens thought that artists, writers and musicians have the right to be paid for their work shared online.
79% of adults said that the possibility of sharing/copying music on the Internet had no effect on their likelihood to purchase CDs, while 8% said this possibility made them more likely to buy CDs. Only 18% of adults claimed to have downloaded music from unauthorised sites.
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]