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Report: Illegal Music Swappers Also Spend More on CDs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 27, 2005 - 7:43am.
London -- According to a report by digital music research firm The Leading Question, people who illegally swap files on the Internet typically spend about four and a half times as much on legal music as those who do not. "There's a myth that all illegal downloaders are mercenaries hell-bent on breaking the law in pursuit of free music," Leading Question director Paul Brindley told the BBC. "In reality, they are often hardcore fans who are extremely enthusiastic about adopting paid-for services, as long as they are suitably compelling." The report echoes similar findings by the U.K. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which last month claimed that there was no real link between illegal file-sharing and lost CD sales. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), however, remains unconvinced. "The consensus among independent research is that a third of illegal file-sharers may buy more music and around two thirds buy less," said BPI spokesman Matt Philips. "That two-thirds tends to include people who were the heaviest buyers, which is why we need to continue our carrot and stick approach to the problem of illegal file-sharing."
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