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downloaders exhibit little concern for copyright protections.

• 78% of Internet users who download music don’t think it’s stealing to save music

files to their computer hard drives. A majority of those in the general Internet

population also hold this view – 53% say downloading music is not stealing,

compared to 31% who believe it is stealing. Whether they are Internet users or not,

the young, the highly educated, and the relatively affluent support downloaders’ right

• 61% of music downloaders say they don’t care if the music they are capturing is

Most music downloaders aren’t incorrigible scofflaws – many have purchased at least

some of the music they sample online. However, most music purchasers do not

frequently buy the songs they have downloaded.

• 79% of music downloaders do not pay online for the music they have retrieved on

the Internet; 15% say they have bought the music online

• 21% of online music consumers say they have ended up buying the music on a CD

computers should be considered home recording devices similar to tape recorders and

them were Internet users. The margin of error on these surveys is plus or minus 2.5

briefs on both sides of the case. Librarians, free speech advocates, and doctors have backed

Media attention and word-of-mouth have driven huge numbers of Internet users to the

channels and music-related information and recommendations.

cassette of music they sampled online “only a few times.” Twenty-six percent of music

new music tend to save more songs to their hard drives, with 34% saying that they have

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