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Canada Survey: File-Sharing the 'New Normal'

By soulxtc

Say file-sharers are 'just regular Internet users doing what people should be able to do on the Internet' and reject idea of an ISP tax to compensate music artists. Yes, another survey. This time it's from Angus Reid Strategies which claims to be a "worldwide leader in the use of the marketing research, Internet platforms, rich media technology and virtual reality" which it says allows it "to collect high quality, in depth data for market research and public consultation." So we may have some datum actually worth considering this time. A majority of Canadian Internet users see nothing wrong with P2P and file-sharing services, and most react negatively to the notion of a so-called ISP tax that would help to compensate music artists for the losses it allegedly creates.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on March 20, 2009 (boomark / email).