Pirates buy ten times more music, says report

[RiotRiotRiot]

Ars Technica has posted about a new study from Norway found that those who said they download illegal music for "free" bought ten times as much legal music as those who never download music illegally.

<A HREF="http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/study-pirates-buy-tons-more-music-than-average-folks.ars">link</A>

[skitzo]

Piracy helps you discover new artists to listen to. I discovered most of my music collection this way. If I like it enough then I buy the CDs. If I don't then they never would of gotten the money anyway. The music dinosaurs need to catch up with the times.

[RiotRiotRiot]

Piracy helps you discover new artists to listen to. I discovered most of my music collection this way. If I like it enough then I buy the CDs. If I don't then they never would of gotten the money anyway. The music dinosaurs need to catch up with the times.

Same here I download a bunch but my vinyl and cd collection is rather large.