Seven out of ten Swedish file sharers are men and three out of four of the most active are aged between 18 and 25. That is the conclusion of report which forms part of an EU-funded research project.
Analysts from Stockholm’s Kungliga tekniska högskolan (KTH) and Uppsala University participated. Every tenth internet user in Sweden has, according to the report, used file sharing methods to acquire music.
Among young internet users the figure rises to 50%, while around 2% of Swedes are classed as "heavy" file sharers. Most of these are men. Nevertheless, the proportion of file sharers compared to internet users as a whole is lower in Sweden than in many other countries including the USA, Canada and France.
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