Petteri Pyyny
9 Jul 2003 16:30
British study by Music Programming Ltd (MPL), suggests that P2P users buy more music.
MPL said that 87% of its respondents who downloaded music admitted they bought albums after hearing tracks through the internet.
Company's spokesperson said: "Downloading is actually a 'try before you buy' tool for a significant amount of people. It allows people to sample new music and decide whether or not to buy it - it is not necessarily a replacement for purchase."
British equivalent to the RIAA, called BPI (British Phonographic Industry), unsurprisingly disagrees with the study: "We did a survey in April that asked people the reasons why they downloaded, and 65% said because it was free."
Source: BBC