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Originally Posted by rogermevans
sorry but lots of different surveys are showing the same thing the fact that some of the non downloaders may not be interested in music doesn't skew the results in any meaningful way as some of the downloaders wont be interested in music either
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I think you should reread the articles, mainly this bit:
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People who illegally download music spend more on official releases than those who obey download laws, a survey suggested.
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There won't be a single person who downloads music that isn't interested in music, as by definition they must have an interest in order to download it.
The results are therefore severely skewed as there isn't a similar qualifier on those who don't download music.
If you were doing it in a scientific way you'd first establish peoples interest in music, and then draw comparisons across different groups, but none of them ever do so they get the obvious outcome, people that like music spend more on music.