NO Link between File Sharing and Recession says Leading Research Firm

Leading market research company, Interpret, has recently published a fascinating report following an extensive study investigating a possible link between illegal file sharing habits and the current worldwide economic recession.

Despite many industry experts believing that there had to be a definite link between a reduction in people’s disposable income and their illegal file sharing activity, Interpret research found no discernible link whatsoever. Even though people currently have less money to spend on music and other media, this does not mean that they immediately turn to popular file sharing sites for their music and video. On the contrary, having less money makes no difference at all.

The only link between illegal file sharing and less disposable income was found in those people who reported significant cuts in spending. These people were less likely to buy CD’s and DVD’s, but slightly more likely to download music and video files from unlicensed sources.

But since these people rarely download huge amounts of music and video files, it is unlikely to make any discernible difference to industry profits, so the industry giants have little to worry about.

NO Link between File Sharing and Recession says Leading Research Firm

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