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Music Piracy At All Time High
Suing grandmothers and kids not helping?

Though you'll never hear an ISP admit it, music and film piracy has been the primary driver of broadband adoption worldwide. And despite the best legal efforts by the entertainment industry, a new survey (pdf) by Entertainment Media Research says illegal music trading has reached an all time high.

In turn, the company saw a slowdown in the growth rate of legal music downloaders. There's some interesting numbers in the report, such as the fact that the majority of users still find new music via FM radio. There's also a lot of unsurprising data, such as respondents stating their major reason for downloading music illegally is that it's free (go figure).

Interestingly, when asked what could deter them from downloading music illegally, the majority of those surveyed said they were more worried about computer viruses than being prosecuted. The report's primary focus is on how social networking sites are revolutionizing consumer exposure to music.

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