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DIGITAL: Report finds consumers are warming to legal downloads.(Report)
More than 85% of consumers are open to paying a subscription to share files
By Eamonn Forde
With the ink still wet on the ruling in the Pirate Bay trial, Sweden is once again at the centre of the global P2P debate, as a new report published by Swedish performing rights society STIM finds that 86.2% of consumers are open to the idea of paying a voluntary subscription that allows them to share music legally.
These findings echo the proposals laid out in January by the Isle Of Man government whereby rights holders would be paid out of users' monthly ISP bills.
The report also claims that the two most important reasons respondents gave for not going to illegal download sites were their inherent illegality and the fact that the artists do not get paid.
STIM legal advisor Lars Henriksson believes this encouraging shift in public attitude can be explained by Sweden's unique political structure.
"Filesharing was even debated in the media by the leading parties in the run up to the last election," he says. "We also have a Pirate Party in Sweden who are very organised and have a high profile. The knowledge the consumer has about these issues is very high because there is so much media and political ...
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