Young people in Europe are three times more likely to illegally swap songs than they are to download them from legitimate sites such as Apple’s iTunes Music Store, according to new data that suggests the music industry has yet to solve its lingering digital conundrum. Jupiter Research said file-sharers outnumbered those who paid to download music by a margin of three-to-one. In addition, a third of all 15- to 24-year-olds have illegally shared copyrighted music at least once.
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Report: File-Sharing Still Threatens Music Industry
Posted by: Keith Regan November 29, 2005 02:01 PMYoung people in Europe are three times more likely to illegally swap songs than they are to download them from legitimate sites such as Apple’s iTunes Music Store, according to new data that suggests the music industry has yet to solve its lingering digital conundrum. Jupiter Research said file-sharers outnumbered those who paid to download music by a margin of three-to-one. In addition, a third of all 15- to 24-year-olds have illegally shared copyrighted music at least once.