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Parks Associates: Music Piracy More Common in Canada
[January 06, 2005]

Parks Associates: Music Piracy More Common in Canada


DALLAS --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 6, 2005 -- Canadians are significantly more likely than Americans to download music files from the Internet and use peer-to-peer, file-sharing networks, according to Global Digital Living, a new multinational survey conducted by Parks Associates. Over 40% of all Canadian households with broadband download music files on a monthly basis, compared with 28% of similar American households. Likewise, one-third of all Canadian broadband households use a peer-to-peer (P2P) network each month, but in the United States, this figure is just 16%.



"In Canada, the recording industry has had a harder time fighting piracy, and so these data quantify the impact of the RIAA's legal efforts in the United States," said John Barrett, director of research for Parks Associates. "Using Canada as a benchmark, it would appear the lawsuits in the U.S. have gotten about 15% of the population to stop pirating music."

File sharing is considered legal in Canada, and Canadian ISPs are not required to divulge the identity of online pirates. These circumstances present a relatively "risk-free" environment for music piracy.


For additional information on Global Digital Living, visit http://www.parksassociates.com or contact 972-490-1113 or [email protected].

About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is a market research and consulting firm focused on all product and service segments that are "digital" or provide connectivity within the home. The company's expertise includes home networks, digital entertainment, consumer electronics, broadband and Internet services, and home systems.

Founded in 1986, Parks Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to small start-ups through market reports, multiclient studies, consumer research, workshops, and custom-tailored client solutions. Parks Associates also hosts Fall Focus and co-hosts CONNECTIONS(TM) (in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association) each year. http://www.parksassociates.com.

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