P2P file-sharers buy more music than non-users

A public opinion survey from American Assembly at Columbia University has revealed that Americans overwhelmingly oppose disconnection and rate-limiting as penalty for illegal file-sharing.

The survey also found that peer-to-peer file-sharing software users buy 30 percent more music than those who do not use such software.

The younger generation is more open towards file-sharing, as 76 percent of Americans under 30 years old reckon it’s resonable to share content with friends, while only 51 percent of those over 65 think the same.

The survey was comissioned in both the US and Germany, finding similarities between the two nations. 59 percent of Germans believe that illegal downloading should be punishable, while 52 percent of Americans feel the same.

Germans are privacy zealots, with 71 percent opposing Internet monitoring to prevent infringement. Americans weren’t far behind, with 69%.

Read the original report on Ars Technica.

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