Posted 06/11/2009 - 1:54pm by Julia M
BULLETIN: The hits are popular everywhere. According to a UK analysis of P2P song sharing by PRS for Music, the most popularly traded songs are….the most popular songs. Their analysis showed that 5% of available songs make up 80% of the traffic in illegally traded music. The authors of the study, using data from BigChampagne stated flatly that “BigChampagne had never seen a big hit on the pirate networks that was not also a top seller in the licensed world.”
Another interesting finding from this study is that for legal download and streaming sites, listeners usually know exactly what they want and go after it. However, users on the P2P sites are more likely to occasionally take a flyer and try something different. As the study put it, “If the sellers sell it, it might never be bought; but if the swappers offer it, at least one person will likely take it.”
To read the full "Tech Trends" from 6/08/09, click here.
