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Wednesday, 23 March 2005 |
P2P Use Losing
Popularity?
InternetNews.com -
USA
With the Supreme Court set to hear MGM vs. Grokster Tuesday morning, more
than half of all Internet users believe peer-to-peer (P2P) firms should be held
responsible for the pirating of music and video files, according to a new
national survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
The report says 53 percent of Internet users favor holding the P2P companies
legally responsible for the illegal file swapping that occurs on their networks.
Some 18 percent of all Americans think individual file swappers should be held
responsible and 12 percent say both companies and individuals should shoulder
responsibility.
The respondents were far more divided, however, on whether any government action
will reduce the amount of illegal file swapping. The survey results show that 42
percent believe government efforts to curb copyright theft "would not work very
well."
The survey also shows that Americans are increasingly swapping files outside of
traditional P2P networks or paid online services.
The national survey results shows that approximately 36 million Americans (27
percent of all U.S. Internet users) say they download music and video files. Of
those downloaders, about seven million say they swap files through iPods and MP3
players. In addition, 10 million report swapping files via e-mail or instant
messaging.
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