TimmyHAverage Gen Y iPod has 800 illegal music tracks
June 18th 2008 04:42
The world’s largest academic study of Generation Y’s music ownership trends has shown that the average teenager has more than 800 illegally downloaded or copied songs on their personal music player.
The study found that more that half of Y Gens are willing to open up their entire music libraries to be shard with others, this enables downloaders to access and download thousands of songs at a time.
The illegal downloading movement was always known to still be in full flight, but research from the University of Hertfordshire in the U.K, surprisingly found that the average Generation Y iPod contains 842 illegally copied songs.
Former lead singer of the Undertones and now chief executive of British Music Rights, Fergal Sharkey said: “I was one of those people who went around the back of the bike shed with songs I had taped off the radio the night before. But this totally dwarfs that, and anything we expected.”
The average digital music player (DMP) carries over 1,500 songs which means that potentially over 50% of songs on any given iPod are illegal downloads. Not only that, the now dated CD technology has more than 1 in 7 illegal copies. Illegal downloading in some way, shape or form is undertaken by some 90% of Y Gens. It is not uncommon for them to share entire music folders of 10,000 songs from one PC to another.
One of the easiest ways is one of the least well known. iPods are designed so that music can be put onto them but not taken off. However there is a very simple way of overcoming this design feature. Simply go to tools in the folder options and select “Show Hidden Files” instantly all the music that was once invisible appears in folders to be dumped onto a computer or another removable device.
Mr Sharkey does have some hope, “The positive message is that 80 per cent of downloaders said they would pay for a legal subscription-based service, and they told us they would be willing to pay more than a few pounds a month.”
Recording studios, artists and production companies are all trying to push the case by saying that music sales have been steadily declining. But last year was actually the best ever for the music business.
The study found that more that half of Y Gens are willing to open up their entire music libraries to be shard with others, this enables downloaders to access and download thousands of songs at a time.
The illegal downloading movement was always known to still be in full flight, but research from the University of Hertfordshire in the U.K, surprisingly found that the average Generation Y iPod contains 842 illegally copied songs.
Former lead singer of the Undertones and now chief executive of British Music Rights, Fergal Sharkey said: “I was one of those people who went around the back of the bike shed with songs I had taped off the radio the night before. But this totally dwarfs that, and anything we expected.”
The average digital music player (DMP) carries over 1,500 songs which means that potentially over 50% of songs on any given iPod are illegal downloads. Not only that, the now dated CD technology has more than 1 in 7 illegal copies. Illegal downloading in some way, shape or form is undertaken by some 90% of Y Gens. It is not uncommon for them to share entire music folders of 10,000 songs from one PC to another.
One of the easiest ways is one of the least well known. iPods are designed so that music can be put onto them but not taken off. However there is a very simple way of overcoming this design feature. Simply go to tools in the folder options and select “Show Hidden Files” instantly all the music that was once invisible appears in folders to be dumped onto a computer or another removable device.
Mr Sharkey does have some hope, “The positive message is that 80 per cent of downloaders said they would pay for a legal subscription-based service, and they told us they would be willing to pay more than a few pounds a month.”
Recording studios, artists and production companies are all trying to push the case by saying that music sales have been steadily declining. But last year was actually the best ever for the music business.
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