Anyway, the latest survey tackling the issue comes from the Dutch Institution for Information Law and CentERdata, which interviewed 2,009 people in the Netherlands. It claims 27.2% of adults have downloaded music, films, TV shows, games and/or books from illegal sources in the last year. It also estimates that people who download music illegally are four times more likely to pay for downloads and streams than non-filesharers. Researcher Joost Poort summarises the implications neatly: “For most consumers, there is no Chinese wall between legal and illegal content, they decide what sources to use depending on their needs or expectations.”
Dutch research tracks filesharers’ buying habits
