I sent the following as feedbac, as well as posting on my BLOG
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/1169

I started the survey, and then stopped.

a) The survey doesn’t differentiate between authorized P2P filesharing and unauthorized (likely copyright infringing) filesharing. I have used tools such as BitTorrent both for sharing Creative Commons licensed music (such as Fading Ways) , as well as receiving music via commercial sites such as prodigem.com which send .TORRENT (information file for BitTorrent) to those who have purchased music. I often run BitTorrent, and all the music and software I have received/shared this way have been authorized by the copyright holders to be shared this way.

b) In the “offers” section the survey doesn’t mention the top criteria that I use which is file format. I am willing to buy music if it is in a vendor-neutral standard file format (traditional Blue Book CDAudio format, MP3, FLAC, etc), but am not willing to buy if it is in a defective (such as so-called “Copy Control” CDs) and/or vendor dependant DRM format (iTunes, Microsoft Media, etc). In fact, if I don’t know for certain what the file format will be I will not consider purchasing.

c) I will also not pay money for music that is distributed/owned by the major labels. Their politics in lobbying for the 1996 anti-Internet WIPO treaties and other laws which harm the Internet and new creators mean I’m unwilling to financially support them. I started a boycott against purchasing the products of the major labels and major Hollywood studios back in 2000. I may hear these songs on the radio or see their videos on television (I purchase music related speciality stations on digital cable), but I won’t buy their “product”.

“…the results WOULD be a real eye-opener to the general PUBLIC, IF [the news media] decid[ed] to give some [coverage] to it.”

Sure, like Clear Channel, Time/Warner, and Newscorp news outlets will give something like this study the time of day, unless of course the results just happen to reinforce the pack of lies they have been peddling all along. Prediction: NOT LIKELY.

Yup, that’s free as in beer, because the songs will continue to be as captive to the whimsical desires of the RIAA pigs as ever.

On a more serious note, wonder how many people would actually participate non-anonymously on the survey. Not that you need to identify yourself, but if you expect to win the 20 “free” iTMS songs…

Anyway, I think the survey is interesting, and the results should be a real eye-opener to the general media, should they decide to give some credit to it.