Ipsos-Reid: More Americans Downloading Music

An anonymous reader writes "Ipsos-Reids ongoing research on file trading called Tempo again confirms a continuing rise in the number of Americans downloading music from the Net. Furthermore, almost a third (31%) of those who do download claim they have paid for at least some of the music they got online. Of course, having paid once from services like Rhapsody and PressPlay doesn't mean you were satisfied with the value. It does mean though that a sizeable audience are willing to give these record industry endorsed services a shot even though they can get it all free on KaZaa. You can see the the report graphs here."

Comments

Kazaa

[A non moose cow]

Kazaa is not free. Each popup cashes in on a little piece of my sanity...

...which is still better than the recording industry cashing in on a large piece of my wallet.


`I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'
`Perhaps not,' Alice cautiously replied: `but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.'

Attention to you

[stratjakt]

The less money we make each fiscal year, the more we will blame piracy. Sure we are an overvalued service, which is slowly becoming obsolete, but we won't admit it.

Thanks to headstrong pirates like you, we can take our dwindling profit margins to the Congressmen we own, and force legislation that will put you behind bars, and/or force you to buy our product.

You are our best friend, Mr. Pirate, and we salute you.

Thank you.

The Industry

My weekend music downloading story...

[sdo1]

Friday 9:15pm - Downloaded new Audioslave album

Friday 9:45pm - Listened to about 4 songs and realizing that it isn't anywhere near as interesting as I'd hoped it would be.

Friday 10:00pm - Hit some discussion boards to see what other people with similar tastes are listening to.

Friday 10:30pm - Dowloaded albums from Lightning Bolt, Beck, and Interpol.

Friday 11:00pm - Began listening to downloaded albums. Liked Lightning Bolt and the new Beck, but didn't care much for Interpol.

Saturday 11:00am - Trip to Newbury Comics (New Englanders know...). Buy 2x Lightning Bolt and 1x Beck. And also while there bought Johnny Cash and Sonic Youth on vinyl. Total outlay... about $65.

Saturday 4:00pm - Served with an arrest warant for illegally downloading music.

Sunday - Spent the day trying to explain the finer points of SoulSeek to my new friend Bubba.

Monday 9:00am - Allowed access to prision computer terminal to check on Slashdot. Awaiting bail...

Yup. I'm a criminal.

-S