Monday, 10 August 2009

Illegal music downloads still popular

Link to the article: Channel 4 News

By Channel 4 News

Threatening letters and free, legal music services are having no success in discouraging young people from sharing music online.

A large academic survey found that the proportion of young people downloading illegally remained the same, at 61 per cent.

And nearly four out of five said they had no interest in using legal streaming services, preferring to own music rather than play it temporarily over the internet.