<![CDATA[95 percent of music downloads are illegal - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[95 percent of music downloads are illegal - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[95 percent of music downloads are illegal]]> How do they come up with these numbers? Other than taking a truly random sample of the entire global population, I see no way for anyone to determine the actual rate of piracy.

And how do they expect ISPs to determine what is pirated material and what isn't? Suppose I already own a CD and download a digital copy of it. Legally, that would be fair use and therefore not piracy, correct? Or what if I am the artist that created the music? Is downloading my own work piracy?

Rogue Philosopher

]]> <![CDATA[95 percent of music downloads are illegal]]> @loudersoft: Amen. They count my downloads as illegal, but only because they don't recognize any law in the world but US. I'm not in the US, but I'm one of those "pirates" according to them.

raincoaster

]]> <![CDATA[95 percent of music downloads are illegal]]> Such a "glass is half-empty way of looking at things!" Why not spin it positively? "5% of downloaders are paying for their music!"

oaktowner

]]> <![CDATA[95 percent of music downloads are illegal]]> In other news, a recent study shows that at least 77% of all statistics are invented in order to make other statistics seem plausible.

loudersoft

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