Slashdot | Legal Music Downloads At 35%, Soon To Pass Piracy

22 June 2005

Entertainment Media Research released a study stating that 35% of music listeners are using legal download services, and that the percentage will soon surpass illegal downloads, currently at 40%. Slashdot has also previously reported on services like iTunes gaining in popularity over P2P services. "The findings indicate that the music industry is approaching a strategic milestone with the population of legal downloaders close to exceeding that of pirates," said Entertainment Media Research chief executive Russell Hart.'"

but read through the slashdot comments. the figures are a bit misleading. For one, many people do both legal and illegal downloads, so those %35 probably are in the %40 too. For all the iPods sold, the iTunes music store sold only 21 songs each.
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