Survey: 67% of students don't care about illegal downloading

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According to a survey conducted last week by SurveyU - a Brooklyn-based group of technologists and researchers with expertise in creating interactive survey research dialogue for the modern college student - 67 percent of students on college campuses are still not concerned with the with their illegal downloading habits.

The results showed that 53 percent of college students in the country are actually aware of the issue, but only 35 percent of that group are familiarized with their legal rights.

When respondents were asked to guesstimate the amount of music purchased in their collection versus the amount that was not purchased SurveyU found that only 57 percent of people's total libraries had been bought.

Although revenues in the music industry are decreasing, students don't appear to believe that affects the well-being of musicians whose files they are sharing. When asked if they agreed with the statement, "Musicians don't suffer since their growing fan base buys concert tickets and makes other financial contributions to their success," 60 percent agreed.

The RIAA was most startled by the statistic that 98 percent of the 500 students interviewed said they had at least one song that they acquired without payment.
dailycollegian.com
SurveyU Poll results report pdf
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