Proving that young people in America are really in tune with technology, an NPD report has found that most US youngsters aged between nine and 14 years old are using paid services to get their music downloads, rather than filesharing service like Limewire and Ares.
About 70% of kids in that age range download music, with 49% getting their music downloads from iTunes. Only 26% use the filesharing service Limewire, while 16% get music downloads from MySpace.
The report warns that parents aren’t watching over their children’s music-download habits, but with most kids choosing legal music downloads, it looks like things are about as good as could be expected.
Just wait until those kids become students and barely have enough money to eat. That’s when they’ll see the benefits of using P2P filesharing programs like Limewire to get their music. After all, what does a nine year old get out of downloading music for free? Their parents pay for everything anyway.