Heavy illegal downloaders buy more music
Boing Boing — ... surveyed admitting they would be put off downloading music illegally by the threat of having their internet service cut off for a month. "The people who file-share are the ones who are interested in music," said Mark Mulligan of Forrester Research. "They use file-sharing as a discovery mechanism. We have a generation of young people who don't have any concept of music as a paid-for commodity," he continued. "You need to have it at a price point you won't notice." Illegal downloaders 'spend the most on music', says poll (Thanks, Libbi!) ...

It's Still True: Music Pirates Buy More Music [Piracy]
Gizmodo — We've been here before, so no long post necessary, but it's worth mentioning, again, that illegal downloaders, the alleged scourge of the music industry, are really the ones who buy the most music. So says a new survey out of the U.K., anyway. [The Independent via Boing Boing] ...

Music pirates spend more on music than their legal, law-abiding brethren
Download Squad — ... The results of a survey, announced yesterday, show that the biggest buyers of music are in fact those that pirate the most. The conclusions come from a poll of 1,000 people between the ages of 16 and 50, with 10% of those admitting they download music illegally -- so it's not a huge slice of the population, and it's by no means conclusive, but I think it just confirms what we already know: it's the music fans that download all the music. ...

New Study: Pirates Buy The Most Music
I4U News — ... Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:20:51 CST | by Robert Evans A new study from the UK (via The Independent) has shown what many piracy-advocates have been saying for years. While the average person spends around £34 a year on music, people who self-identify as pirates spend an average of £77. The pirates are also the ones buying music in greater quantities. For years, piracy advocates have claimed that most users only pirate as a way to 'test' new bands and seek out more music to buy. While no study can prove that fact 100%, this is certainly more evidence in favor of it. More ...

Illegal Downloaders Spend More on Music [File Sharing]
Lifehacker — According to a poll conducted in the UK, people who admit to illegally downloading music also spend more money on music every year than those who don't. None of this changes the legality of downloading copyrighted content, of course, but if the same is true for most file sharers across the globe, it seems like something the music industry and the RIAA might want to consider in their crusades against file sharing. [ The Independent ] Send an email to Adam Pash, the author of this post, at ...

Study: UK file-sharers buy more music
MyCE News, Articles & Reviews — A new study re-asserts that illegal downloaders actually purchase more music than those who don’t download tracks online. The poll, conducted by Ipsos Mori, surveyed one thousand internet users in the United Kingdom within the age range of 16 – 50. The survey reveals that, on average, those who pirate music also purchase £77 a year worth of music. This turns out to be £33 more per year than those who claim they never download pirated tracks. Of the survey participants, 10% admit to engaging in illegal downloading. illegal-music-downloading-logo11 With the UK Government and ...

UK study finds that people who illegally download music are biggest paying music consumers
CrunchGear — ... Well, well, well, look what we have here. A new study shows that people who download music illegally are more likely to buy music than their non-pirating counterparts. Why’s that? It turns out that people who are into downloading music are actually into music, whereas people who don’t download music aren’t necessarily fans of music in general. ...

Study: UK file-sharers buy more music
MyCE News, Articles & Reviews — A new study re-asserts that illegal downloaders actually purchase more music than those who don’t download tracks online. The poll, conducted by Ipsos Mori, surveyed one thousand internet users in the United Kingdom within the age range of 16 – 50. The survey reveals that, on average, those who pirate music also purchase £77 a year worth of music. This turns out to be £33 more per year than those who claim they never download pirated tracks. Of the survey participants, 10% admit to engaging in illegal downloading. illegal-music-downloading-logo11 With the UK Government and ...