Report: Canadian Teens More Active File-Swappers Than U.S. Counterparts

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 17, 2004 - 9:11am.

Vancouver, B.C. -- Canadian teenagers are more voracious music downloaders than their American counterparts, as only one-in-three Canadian teens said they had never downloaded a music file compared with 60% of U.S. teens polled in a recent survey conducted by Ipsos-Reid. Canada's teens download an average of 15 songs per month, with 29% saying they download music at least a few times a week, and 53% reporting they do so at least a few times a month. By contrast, only 24% of Canadian adults polled said they download music a few times a month. "Our research with Canadian adults indicates that many have decreased their music downloading activities," said Ipsos-Reid vice president Chris Ferneyhough. "However, it looks like teenagers are picking up the slack. These teens have come of age during the peer-to-peer phenomenon so convincing them not to download free music is likely going to be a difficult task for the recording industry." The survey also found that 42% of the teens who said they didn't download music were not allowed to by their parents, 19% "don't feel it is right" and 17% were worried about downloading viruses.
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