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Friday, 25 March 2005 |
File
Sharing Graduates To iPods
Information
Week - USA
A recent survey found that some 19% of those who download audio and video
files--about 7 million adults--admit to having downloaded files from someone
else's iPod or MP3 player.
Less than a week before the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in MGM
v. Grokster--in which the court will decide whether technology companies can be
held liable for the illegal activities of their users--a new survey from the
nonprofit Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that 27% of U.S. Internet
users, or 36 million Americans, say they're downloading audio and video files
outside of the peer-to-peer networks and paid online services
The emerging media for content exchange include digital audio players, E-mail,
instant messaging, blogs, and other Web sites. Some 19% of those who download
audio and video files--about 7 million adults--admit to having downloaded files
from someone else's iPod or MP3 player.
Mary Madden, a research specialist at Pew Internet & American Life Project,
believes these findings have important implications to the MGM case in terms of
extending the file-sharing debate beyond the peer-to-peer networks. "We wanted
to look at some of the other types of hardware and software that can potentially
be used for infringing purposes," she says. "While we don't know what percentage
of these files are authorized or not, simply to know that downloaders are
getting files from a wider array of sources than peer-to-peer and paid sources
is an important point."
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