klokkie schrijft: "Uit een onderzoek van het Amerikaanse PC Data Online blijkt dat zo'n 60% van de Napster gebruikers in de States door zal gaan met het downloaden van mp3's van het Internet, ook wanneer dit wettelijk wordt verboden. 32% was van plan om volgend jaar meer te downloaden dan ze dit jaar hebben gedaan. Betalen voor het downloaden van mp3's vindt (vreemd genoeg ) weinig aanhang."
Despite today's harsh ruling against Napster, one thing seems clear: People will continue to download music over the Internet.
A survey released today by PC Data Online indicates that 60 percent of Napster fans would continue to download music even if the practice is ruled illegal. The study jibes with several other polls indicating that no amount of legal maneuvering will completely eliminate the "freeloading" of music from the Internet.
Even though 57 percent of respondents regarded the recording industry's defense of its intellectual property rights as admirable, they said they thought it was unrealistic to think that the industry can control the free exchange of music. Eleven percent disagreed, and 32 percent had no position