P2p file sharing favourite with teens
p2pnet.net news:- Most Canadian and US teenagers are still getting their music fixes from the free and independent sites and services rather than those run by corporate wannabes.
That’s the conclusion of a new study by investment banker Piper Jaffray & Co, quoted by the CBC.
“P2P sharing is still the primary way teens get their music,” Piper Jaffray analysts Michael Olson and Gene Munster wrote in a research note to clients.
But, “buying online music is becoming more mainstream,” he reckons.
The company’s retail research team surveyed about 600 teenagers in 11 cities in the US and Canada, and partnered with youth organization DECA Inc to complete an additional 1,200 surveys, it says.
And speaking of surveys, don’t forget to complete p2pnet’s Sultans of Spin poll.
As I write this, out of around 2,100 views, we’ve had 674 responses.
Do you share files online? and Have the RIAA sue ‘em all lawsuits persuaded you to stop sharing? are the first two questions.
Some 489 of 659 people said said Yes to the first, and 618 of 656 said No to the second.
I plan to do a post on this soon, possibly tomorrow or Sunday, after which I’ll put the survey online publicly so anyone, anywhere, can analyse it. And I’ll leave it up for another week or so.
Cheers!
Jon
Also See:
CBC – More teenagers buying music online: study, April 12, 2007
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Tired of being treated like a criminal? They depend on you, not the other way around. Don’t buy their ‘product’. Do bug your local politicians. Use emails, snail-mail, phone calls, faxes, IM, stop them in the street, blog. And if you’re into organizing, organize petitions, organize demonstrations and then turn up on your local political rep’s doorstep, making sure you’ve contacted your local tv/radio station/newspaper in advance. Don’t just complain. Do something!
April 13th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
As Michael Geist so eloquently stated last year, it’s interesting to note that the demographics most responsible for “piracy” are also the biggest purchasers of that same content.