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Reference
| Title: | Music and video downloading moves beyond P2P |
| Author: | Mary Madden, Lee Rainie [Pew Internet & American Life Project] |
| Source: | |
| Year: | 2005 |
Details
| Subject/Type: | Piracy |
| Focus: | Film, Music |
| Country/Territory: | United States of America |
| Objective: | To determine current file-sharing behaviour and attitudes towards government actions against illegal file sharing. |
| Sample: | 1.421 adult Internet users, 2.201 randomly selected adults |
| Methodology: | Telephone interviews |
Main Findings
27% download music/video files and about half of them have found ways other than the traditional peer-to-peer (P2P) networks or paid online services to obtain these digital music/video files. 19% copy files from other people's MP3 players, while 20% obtain files via instant messaging or e-mail.
53% of Internet users believe firms owning/operating file-sharing networks should be the ones held responsible for pirated files. 57% of broadband users say there is not much the government can do to reduce illegal file sharing. 28% former downloaders admit they stopped their illegal activities out of fear of getting in trouble/after hearing about RIAA lawsuits, while 15% stopped because of the viruses their computers got infected with. Other reasons for stopping included finding other ways of obtaining the music they wanted (7%), being fed up with the amount of time it consumed (7%), losing interest (5%) and not finding the files or quality that they wanted (4%).
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]