As 86% of Music Listeners Use On-Demand Services, IFPI Says Privacy Widespread
As 86 percent of global listeners consume music through on-demand services, 38 percent obtain music through copyright infringement, reported the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. On average, consumers listen to music 2.5 hours a day, and three-quarters of listeners…
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use smartphones for it. Stream ripping is the most common copyright infringement method for music at 32 percent. Roughly 23 percent of consumers download music via cyber lockers or peer-to-peer services and 17 percent of consumers use search engines to locate “infringing content,” it said. Stream-ripping users “are more likely to say that they rip music so they have music to listen to offline,” said IFPI, so they can avoid paying for a premium streaming subscriptions. Radio remains “resilient,” said IFPI. Some 91 percent of U.S. listeners report listening to music via radio.