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Music piracy: do P2P users actually consume what they download?

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A recent study by the Canadian Government suggested that people who actively download music using P2P networks were more likely to buy music.

OK, that’s wonderful news, and a glowing testament to the BitTorrent community. But that’s not really the point. Reading the discussion thread on Digg, there was the suggestion that:

Pirates=Music Fanatics
Others=Mainstream radio listeners

But is that really true? I’m not so sure.

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