March 28, 2005

Pew study shows users swap files without P2P networks

The most recent Pew Internet study of over 1,400 adult Net users in early 2005 found that some 36 million American users (~27%) download music or video files, and about half have used alternatives to peer-to-peer (P2P) systems. Pew Internet & American Life Project: Music and Video Downloading

The study also polled attitudes toward recent crackdowns by government and copyright owners, and opinions as to whether they would succeed. View PDF of Report

Posted by dougsimpson at March 28, 2005 12:19 PM