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iPod Owners Not Thieves

Posted by Zonk on from the we-always-knew-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Remember last year when Microsoft head Steve Ballmer said iPod owners were music thieves and their iPods were full of stolen music? It turns out they're actually less likely to download music using filesharing software than owners of other MP3 players. A lot less likely." From the article: "A survey of US and UK music buyers reveals that although 25 per cent of people admit to downloading music from file-sharing services, only seven per cent of iPod owners do so. Proving that iPod users are either scrupulously honest or more paranoid they'll get sued by RIAA than owners of lesser music players."

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  1. Or possibly... by giorgiofr · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    They just don't know HOW to use a file-sharing app! I mean, there are big bad config's to set, and what is this "router" thing you keep bugging me about? I want it to JUST WORK!
    Yes, this was tongue-in-cheek.

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  2. Re:"Lesser music players..." -- ??? by isa-kuruption · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Uhm you link to Bose and Sennheiser... why? Bose makes a 'SoundDock' which connects to an iPod, but what portable music player do they make? And Sennheiser? They make headphones... and not portable music players.

    As for the other two, they are indeed "lesser" and "inferior". /flaimbait

  3. Maybe they just can't figure P2P out by Saint37 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Perhaps iPod owners are more likely to lack the minimal technical aptitude to run p2p software.

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  4. Well DUH by sourbrew · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Only a tard or a mac fan boy would buy such a drm laden piece of crap. Other mp3 players are much better for the sophisticated pirate. My archos plays divx, was cheaper, has nicer battery life, and also works as an external hard drive... pwn3d

  5. sheep... meh! by kin242 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Thats because people who buy Ipods are generally people who (a) have more money than sense so pay lots of money for low quality DRM-crippled files (b) are sheep- who buy an Ipod because its fashionable, put their britney album on it for the one time a year they go to the gym. (c) do not understand that the record companies do not have the right to demand that we not use what we have payed good money for in any fashion we deem necessary!

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  6. Re:Microsoft just doesn't get it ... by feloneous+cat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Okay, Steve, enough bragging...

    (Sad when CEOs have to pimp their own stores... just sad...)

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  7. Ipod owners don't pirate as much because... by Demerol · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The homosexual community is generally pretty honest.

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