Survey: File-sharing down in U.K.

July 13, 2009 According to the latest annual survey of more than 1,000 music fans by specialist media and technology research agency the Leading Question, in conjunction with Music Ally, file-sharing is proving less popular as a source of music especially among teenagers. The process would be formalized with a government-backed regulator, Ofcom, under proposals in the recent Digital Britain report and there is the prospect of technical measures as the ultimate sanction if Internet piracy is not reduced. [...] legal streaming services such as Spotify, We7, YouTube and MySpace are gaining ground, with 65% of teenagers (14-18) questioned stating that they are streaming music regularly; 31% of teenagers listen to streamed music on their computer every day compared to 18% of all those questioned.

Subscribe to the Hollywood Reporter and see the entertainment industry from its best angle: the inside looking out. Complete access to real-time news and exclusive analysis that goes behind the scenes from film to television, home video to digital media.

   Subscribe now.