The ( somewhat unlikely ) fact that citizenry who pirate flick are also more likely to spend money on moving-picture show has beenwell - knownfor a few years now . But thanks to a resume conducted by BitTorrent , we can now put a number on just how generous the plagiarist are .
In September , BitTorrent managed to get 2,500 of its user out from their bootleg Taylor Swift parties long enough to complete a survey about their content - purchasing habits . The results are a lilliputian embarrassing for the vehemently anti - pirate movie industriousness : BitTorrent users are 170 percent more likely than your middling consumer to have paid for digital music in the last month , and over one-half had paid for a movie in the previous calendar month . Most amazingly , pelter users still purchase physical copy of music — nearly one-half had bought a CD in the past year , and one in ten still corrupt vinyl copies of record .
Overall , the survey ( which , obviosuly , should still be taken with a clenched fist - sized pinch of saltiness ) paints a very favourable picture for BitTorrent : its users are among the most profitable for the very movie and music businesses that are trying so heavily to get torrent shut down . Really , though , all it proves ( yet again ) is that the current mannikin for buying music is die . Whatever the result is — whether it ’s influence like Spotify , iTunes , orBitTorrent ’s own pay - for megabucks — it ca n’t come presently enough . [ Torrent Freak ]
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