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Jun 15, 2009Mary Madden
In the decade since Napster’s launch, selling recorded music has become as much of an art as making the music itself.
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Our research on music highlights the internet's impact on music consumers, artists and the entertainment industry.
Dec 30, 2010Jim Jansen
65% of internet users have paid to access or download some kind of digital content. Music and software are the most common kinds of content purchased.
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Nov 1, 2010
This omnibus survey contains questions about the types of content users purchase online. It was used in the report "Paying for Online Content".
Oct 14, 2010Aaron Smith
As the digital world has expanded far beyond the desktop, consumers can now choose from an array of devices capable of satisfying their need for “anytime, anywhere” access to news, information, friends and entertainment.
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Michael B. Farrell, The Christian Science Monitor
Aug 21, 2009
One of the first websites to popularize file sharing, Napster was shut down after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed a lawsuit claiming massive copyright infringement. In the years after that lawsuit, the RIAA sued more than 3...
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Feb 13, 2009Mary Madden
The Future of Music Coalition's Policy Day brings together musicians, techies, policymakers and advocates to discuss the changing music and technology policy landscape.
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Oct 8, 2008Mary Madden
Our tracking data from the end of last year shows that the size of the music downloading audience is larger than ever. In the American adult population alone, some 37% of internet users say they download music files online and 7% do so on a typical d...
Apr 22, 2008Mary Madden
Research conducted by The Pew Internet & American Life Project examines the growing role of technology in our lives, our changing expectations about how to find and use information, and the impact younger generations will have on the arts audience of...
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Jan 25, 2008Mary Madden
In the midst of dismal data from the recording industry there are still occasional glimmers of silver lining.
Sep 19, 2007Susannah Fox, Maggie Griffith
83% of online Americans say they have used the internet to seek information about their hobbies and 29% do so on a typical day.
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