The number of consumers downloading music from authorized sites could exceed that of peer-to-peer, or P2P, users this year, according to research conducted by the NPD Group. The growth rate of downloading of copyrighted material via file-sharing services may have slowed down last year to around 8 percent, according to NPD. However, the number of P2P downloads still dwarfs that from authorized sites by a factor of 10, as is seen in Part 1 of this series.
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Bringing P2P File-Sharing Out of the Shadows, Part 2
Posted by: Andrew K. Burger July 25, 2007 04:00 AMThe number of consumers downloading music from authorized sites could exceed that of peer-to-peer, or P2P, users this year, according to research conducted by the NPD Group. The growth rate of downloading of copyrighted material via file-sharing services may have slowed down last year to around 8 percent, according to NPD. However, the number of P2P downloads still dwarfs that from authorized sites by a factor of 10, as is seen in Part 1 of this series.