Illegal downloaders buy more records - NME.COM

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Illegal downloaders buy more records - NME.COM: "ILLEGAL DOWNLOADERS BUY MORE RECORDS!

The music industry contention that file sharing is destroying sales, has been challenged following new research.

According to a poll by digital music research company The Leading Question people who illegally share music files are among the biggest users of legal music downloads.

The study discovered that downloaders of unlicensed music spent an average of ?5.52 on legal digital music, compared to the ?1.27 spent by other music fans.

'The research clearly shows that music fans who break piracy laws are highly valuable customers,' The Leading Question’s Paul Brindley told BBC News. 'There's a myth that all illegal downloaders are mercenaries hell-bent on breaking the law in pursuit of free music.'"