Illegal file downloaders are the biggest spenders

[fr0g]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/16/file_sharers_buy_more_music/

Pretty much my experience too.

Discuss?

 

[Paul.]

I would like to know the break down between seeders and leachers, I think people who share music online rather than just pinching it are more likely to buy. No way of backing this up, just a hunch 🙂

 

[cheeseboy]

odd that it only covers p2p, not the myriad of other ways one can download something off t'interwebs.

 

[basshead]

pretty much my experience too. But i have also noticed a shift away from illegal downloading, to listening to music for free on youtube amongst many people who found illegal downloading too complicated