Madrid - Illegal music downloading is on the rise in Spain, despite the decline of physical CD piracy, Billboard reported, citing a survey from the Spanish government's Ministry of Culture.

According to the survey, Spaniards' favorite cultural activity is listening to music (87.9%).

Some 13.1% os Spaniards said they had downloaded free music from the Internet, a spike from the 3.6% who said so a year ago.

This is likely related to the fact that 20.3% of Spaniards now say they listen to music on a computer, up from 3.8% in the last survey.

Just 1.5% of Spaniards said they had purchased a pirated CD or cassette, down from 4.1% a year ago.

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