April 30, 2009

Do pirates buy more music?

There have been many studies into the piracy issues that plague the internet, where consumers are able to get their hands on music, film and even games for free. The studies seem to say that although there may be a huge market in pirated material the people that use it are also big money spending consumers.

Studies show that someone who acquires illegal content are more likely to go out and buy similar products too, this would seem that pirates are also good consumers, but looking at it from a different perspective, it could mean that other people who do not use file sharing are not consumers of that market either.

The figures can be read from whatever angle you please the long and short of it is that it is illegal and the copyright holders are going to be getting tough.

Source [Torrent Freak]