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  • 06 Nov 09
    • People who download music illegally also spend an average of £77 a year buying it legitimately, a survey has found.

      Those who claimed not to use peer-to-peer filesharing sites such as The Pirate Bay spent a yearly average of just £44.

  • 04 Nov 09
    sherbert
    Cookie Monster

    The nature of downloading music has changed the music industry but file-sharers also spend too.

    US UK music industry download internet web iTunes economy economics money spending

  • 02 Nov 09
    willrich
    Will Richardson

    "People who download music illegally also spend an average of £77 a year buying it legitimately, a survey has found.

    Those who claimed not to use peer-to-peer filesharing sites such as The Pirate Bay spent a yearly average of just £44.

    Almost one in 10 of those questioned aged between 16 and 50 said they downloaded music illegally. "

    copyright shifts music