Surfing for Fun
About 40 million Americans were browsing the web just for fun or to pass the time on a typical day in December 2005.
About 40 million Americans were browsing the web just for fun or to pass the time on a typical day in December 2005.
More than 22 million American adults now own iPods or MP3 players.
Artists and musicians are enthusiastic internet users and they believe the internet helps them make and sell their work.
The vast majority of online Americans say the Internet plays a role in their daily routines and that the rhythm of their everyday lives would be affected if they could no longer go online. Yet, despite its great popularity and allure, the Internet st...
As usual, the recording industry, the technology sector, consumer advocates and policy makers are having difficulty finding common ground on this issue, to say the least. But how do the musicians...
Between March 15 and April 15 of this year, 2,755 musicians and songwriters responded to a Web-based survey about the way they use the Internet and their views on a host of public policy questions related to copyright and music file-sharing on the In...
14% of the 128 million American adults now online report that they downloaded music at one time, but no longer do so. About a third of these former music downloaders - 6 million adults - say that the RIAA’s tactics are the reason they stopped.
The percentage of American adult Internet users who say they download music drops by half and the usage of some file-sharing applications declines.
This report analyzes the responses of more than 64,000 Americans to phone surveys in the past three years. It finds that 63% of U.S. adults now are online and many of them have built Internet use into their lives in practical ways.
This presentation covered our basic findings about how American teenagers use the Internet.