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To: KeepItSimple who wrote (57202)	9/18/2006 10:52:44 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213182

>>Another study showing mp3 player owners don't actually pay for music- they just steal it<< KIS - Reading comprehension is SO important. I can't stress this enough. What the article actually says is: "Just 17 per cent of European owners bought music online on at least a monthly basis, according to the report. "Mr Mulligan said: 'This research doesn't so much slam Apple as debunk the myth that MP3 player ownership, including iPods, translates into digital music buying.' "The study found 30 per cent of iPod owners download music illegally for free."<< So 30 percent get music illegally, and only 17 percent buy it online. That means that the majority of users must be ripping CDs which they may or may not own, I'll concede). It also means that 70 percent of iPod owners don't download music illegally. I'm not making that up. I'm just using the study you cited. That gibes with my own experience. The vast majority of my iTunes library comes from CDs I own, with a very small percentage coming from the iTunes Music Store. I probably have fewer than average "illegal" tracks, but I do have a couple at any given time. I tend to go ahead and buy the CD if I like a song I've downloaded, then delete the bootleg track. Since Apple doesn't make any real money from the online Music Store, I'm sure they don't care if users fill their iPods with music from their own CDs. - Allen