Study Finds Pirates Buy 10x More Music Online than Non-Pirates

**C_DUB** · 04-22-2009, 01:25 AM

A study from the BI Norwegian School of Management has found that those who download free music from services like BitTorrent are also the biggest legitimate consumers of downloadable music.

In fact, among all 1,901 study participants (all of whom were over the age of 15), it was found that those who downloaded "free" music were 10x more likely to download pay music. In other words, music pirates are the music industry's largest online consumers.

Note: "Free" music obviously implies pirated music, but it also encompasses legitimate free music download services.

The findings also included that, in the 15-20 age range, 50% of participants had bought a CD in the last six months. So that trusty format isn't dead quite yet.

**Saint** · 04-22-2009, 03:18 PM

then they have no choice but to let pirated music keep going

Suicidal_Mkat · 04-28-2009, 05:53 PM

imagine if they raided your computer tho how many fines or how much time you would have
even though its very unlikely to happen
when is the last time u heard of feds swooping in and taking a pirate out other than in Africa

04-22-2009, 01:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
C_DUB Status: RA Premium User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 518 NY Age: 23 Posts: 147 Threads: 134 Thanks: 3 Thanked 32 Times in 26 Posts Rep Power: 1181	Study Finds Pirates Buy 10x More Music Online than Non-Pirates A study from the BI Norwegian School of Management has found that those who download free music from services like BitTorrent are also the biggest legitimate consumers of downloadable music. In fact, among all 1,901 study participants (all of whom were over the age of 15), it was found that those who downloaded "free" music were 10x more likely to download pay music. In other words, music pirates are the music industry's largest online consumers. Note: "Free" music obviously implies pirated music, but it also encompasses legitimate free music download services. The findings also included that, in the 15-20 age range, 50% of participants had bought a CD in the last six months. So that trusty format isn't dead quite yet. __________________ DONT FORGET TO SAY THANKS<---------------------------- http://www.theleak.freeforums.org/ CHECK OUT MY USERSHARE ACCOUNT FOR SHITLOAD OF DOWNLOADS http://usershare.net/cdub

04-22-2009, 03:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Saint Status: "Young Coreezy" Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: We Intergalactic Age: 18 Posts: 68 Threads: 7 Thanks: 21 Thanked 14 Times in 7 Posts Rep Power: 1315	Re: Study Finds Pirates Buy 10x More Music Online than Non-Pirates then they have no choice but to let pirated music keep going __________________ "You Can ask beavis I get nuttin butt head" -Big L

04-28-2009, 05:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Suicidal_Mkat Status: Down Since Day 1 Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 57 Threads: 9 Thanks: 114 Thanked 42 Times in 12 Posts Rep Power: 9	Re: Study Finds Pirates Buy 10x More Music Online than Non-Pirates imagine if they raided your computer tho how many fines or how much time you would have even though its very unlikely to happen when is the last time u heard of feds swooping in and taking a pirate out other than in Africa __________________

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