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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Thieving British teens average 842 illegal tracks per iPod

The amount of music piracy amongst teenagers in the UK has reached epidemic proportions judging by a new survey, with illegal downloads to iPods the main source. New figures show that the number of illegal tracks on iPods is staggering. The British Music Rights group represents over 50,000 music creators and publishers in the UK. It's 2008 survey into the 'Music Experience and Behaviour in Young People' was compiled with the help of the University of Hertfordshire. The totally unsurprising conclusion being that teenagers have a lot of unpaid for music on their iPods.
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