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Reference
Title: | Music Downloading and File Sharing among Teens |
Author: | [Harris Interactive] |
Source: | http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/k12news/HI_TrendsTudes_2003_v02_i11.pdf |
Year: | 2003 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Piracy |
Focus: | Music |
Country/Territory: | United States of America |
Objective: | To explore attitudes and opinions regarding music downloading and sharing. |
Sample: | 642 13-18 year olds |
Methodology: | Online survey |
Main Findings
66% of American teenagers oppose fining individuals who offer copyrighted music online for other people to download, compared to 13% who believe that they should be fined. Teen boys and girls are equally likely to oppose the fines.
78% believe that sharing downloaded music should be legal and 74% believe that downloading of music should be legal. 80% of respondents have downloaded music in the past year, but only 34% have paid for it. The top two reasons for music downloading are: because they "only like one or two songs on a CD" (59%) and because they want to "get music quickly" (48%).
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]