Legal Research

Downloading Study

From Michael Geist's blog [I got to see and hear Michael at an evening meeting of CASLIS last week and he was awesome. He's a wonderful spokesperson for balance in copyright.]:

Norwegian Study Finds Downloaders Buy More
Tuesday April 21, 2009

"A Norwegian study (English translated version: Pirates are the Best Customers) into the music downloading and purchasing habits of nearly 2,000 Internet users found that downloaders were more likely to buy music than non-downloaders. The finding is consistent with a previous Industry Canada-sponsored study."

Of course, we librarians don't need a study. Everyone knows that people who borrow books are more likely to buy more books! I was once told by a director of a large urban public library that their circulation went UP when the big box bookstore opened across the street.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).