Posted AT 4:48 PM EDT on 11/05/04
Downloaders backing off, study says
Legal pressure from the recording industry has taken its toll on the number of people downloading music in Canada, according to a new study by Ipsos-Reid.
The number of Canadian adults with an Internet connection who have downloaded at least one music file has fallen to 32 per cent from an all-time high of 47 per cent in June 2002.
While approximately 5.7 million Canadians have downloaded free digital music, the study reports that 1.8 million have stopped the practice.
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