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'Allow music downloading':
Most Americans don't have a problem with downloading music and, directly contradicting Big Music assertions that all downloaders are thieves, think it's "an innocent act".
Moreover, says a new report, "the high price of CDs leads to a lot of downloading".
The findings come in a Harris Interactive survey of 2,306 adult Americans conducted online between September 16 and 23, 2003.
"Fully three in four adult Americans (75%) agree that 'downloading and then selling the music is piracy and should be prohibited, downloading for personal use is an innocent act and should not be prohibited'," it states, continuing:
"This is consistent with results of a Harris Interactive survey of teens released in October 2003 which showed that roughly three in four teens feel that downloading music files without paying (74%) and letting others download files from them (78%) should be legal.
"An almost equal 70% say, 'If the price of CDs was a lot lower, there would be a lot less downloading of music off the Internet'."
While only a small majority of adults (54%) agree, "downloading music off the Internet is no different from buying a used CD or recording music borrowed from a friend," the differences by age are large, says the survey.
"Younger people are much more likely to agree with this statement – 70% of 18 to 24 year olds and 66% of 25 to 29 year olds agree; and there is a decline with age – only 36% of people 65 and older agree with the statement.
"All of this suggests that the music industry is fighting an uphill battle in winning the hearts and minds of Americans to support prohibitions against downloading."
Now, "Their opportunity is to make the as yet unmade link in the public’s consciousness between downloading and its financial impact on musicians and recording companies."
(Thursday 29th January 2004)
'Allow music downloading':
Most Americans don't have a problem with downloading music and, directly contradicting Big Music assertions that all downloaders are thieves, think it's "an innocent act".
Moreover, says a new report, "the high price of CDs leads to a lot of downloading".
The findings come in a Harris Interactive survey of 2,306 adult Americans conducted online between September 16 and 23, 2003.
"Fully three in four adult Americans (75%) agree that 'downloading and then selling the music is piracy and should be prohibited, downloading for personal use is an innocent act and should not be prohibited'," it states, continuing:
"This is consistent with results of a Harris Interactive survey of teens released in October 2003 which showed that roughly three in four teens feel that downloading music files without paying (74%) and letting others download files from them (78%) should be legal.
"An almost equal 70% say, 'If the price of CDs was a lot lower, there would be a lot less downloading of music off the Internet'."
While only a small majority of adults (54%) agree, "downloading music off the Internet is no different from buying a used CD or recording music borrowed from a friend," the differences by age are large, says the survey.
"Younger people are much more likely to agree with this statement – 70% of 18 to 24 year olds and 66% of 25 to 29 year olds agree; and there is a decline with age – only 36% of people 65 and older agree with the statement.
"All of this suggests that the music industry is fighting an uphill battle in winning the hearts and minds of Americans to support prohibitions against downloading."
Now, "Their opportunity is to make the as yet unmade link in the public’s consciousness between downloading and its financial impact on musicians and recording companies."
(Thursday 29th January 2004)
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