iPod Owners Not Thieves

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."

Comments

Re:Convenience

[the MaD HuNGaRIaN]

Since I am already a member of the Apple Fanboy List I can reply without fear of reprocussions.

I can honestly say that this is exactly why I use ITMS rather than P2P.
My time is more valuable than the .99 cents it takes to click a couple buttons and have the song right there in my iPod--and the quality is always the same.

Quite honestly, I don't have time to hunt a P2P network for some obsure ass thing and then find out that it's 128bit and has a couple CD skipping noises in the middle of it. No thanks.

bad survey - useless data

[geekee]

They surveyed people who bought music online, not a random sample of mp3 player owners. This doesn't take into account people who only copy music illegally.