BPI survey claims one in three Brits are downloading illegally
One in three UK consumers are still downloading music illegally, according to a survey conducted for the BPI by Harris Interactive.
What’s more, it’s not just P2P any more – the survey says that while P2P downloading remained steady this year, illegal downloads from other sources – unlicensed overseas stores, newsgroups, MP3 search engines and Rapidshare-style cyberlockers – grew. BPI boss Geoff Taylor says the findings make it more important than ever that the UK government must bring its anti-piracy measures “into force as quickly as possible”.
Back in October 2008 when we were writing about the increasing popularity of cyberlockers, industry bodies said that P2P was their overwhelming priority. It looks like that’s changing now.
December 21st, 2009 at 4:58 pm
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