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Music piracy more common in Canada
Canadians are significantly more likely than Americans to download
music files from the Internet and use peer-to-peer, file-sharing networks,
according to
Global
Digital Living, a new multinational survey conducted by Parks
Associates. Over 40% of all Canadian households with broadband download
music files on a monthly basis, compared with 28% of similar American
households. Likewise, one-third of all Canadian broadband households use a
peer-to-peer (P2P) network each month, but in the United States, this
figure is just 16%.
“In Canada, the recording industry has had a harder time fighting
piracy, and so these data quantify the impact of the RIAA’s legal efforts
in the United States,” said
John Barrett,
director of research for Parks Associates. “Using Canada as a benchmark,
it would appear the lawsuits in the U.S. have gotten about 15% of the
population to stop pirating music.”
File sharing is considered legal in Canada, and Canadian ISPs are not
required to divulge the identity of online pirates. These circumstances
present a relatively “risk-free” environment for music piracy.
For additional information on
Global
Digital Living, visit
http://www.parksassociates.com or contact 972-490-1113 or
sales@parksassociates.com.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is an
internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing
in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks
Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to
small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research,
custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service
subscriptions.
The company's expertise includes new media, digital
entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services,
digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, energy
management, and home
control systems and security.
Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought
leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™, with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS™ Europe. In addition, Parks
Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in
conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.
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