From: MP3newswire.net
According to a study, here is how Americans feel about file-sharing. The results are taken from an American sample size of 1,112 respondents aged 12 and over:
- Nearly half (48%) of Americans between 12-17 downloaded song files in the last month, up from 44% in April 2002. 42% of those between 18-24 have done the same, up from 36% since last year.
- US downloaders feel that file-sharing activities are benign. Only 9% thought that file trading was wrong. Only 21% feel that that P2P file-sharing hurts artists.
- 73% of US downloaders report that their motivation for trading was to sample music for later purchase as a way to reduce the risk of spending good money on a mediocre album.
- Only 16% of downloaders feel that the record industry are justified in shutting down file trading services like Napster and AudioGalaxy.
- 39% feel that making copies of music to give to friends is OK.
In other words, 91% percent feel that file-sharing is OK.
