15% of the downloaded files are legal in France
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The IDAT (Institute of the audiovisual and telecommunications in Europe) and Médiamétrie - Netratings have published for the first time, a study on the practice of downloading - legal or not - in France, the United States and Great Britain.
à € a time when debates about copyright occupy the international scene, the figures are interesting in more ways than one. According to this study based on observations of 4,273 Internet users and uses of software exchange, it is not less than 55% of Internet users who perform the download in France, against 59% in Britain and 47% in the U.S. States.
More symptomatic if these figures are high, only 15% of the downloaded files are in France legally. Ã € comparison, the rate rises to 20% across the Channel, and 25% in the United States.
Of the total, 66% of those who practice the download in the U.S. have already downloaded premium content, against 59% in the UK and 49% in France.  "Internet users download all types of practitioner dedicated to purchasing online content 3.8 â, ¬ / month in France, 7.3 â, ¬ / month in the UK and 5.2 â, ¬ / month United States  ».
If a rate of 85% of illegal downloading, France beat all records, the study perspective:  "paid download illegal downloading and do not oppose Â" simply by what  "service clients pay are found widely among users of peer-to-peer  ». Whether it offers legal or illegal, downloading is becoming commonplace.  "Paid services are experiencing a considerable growth in the field of music, and more recently and to a lesser extent, in the video games and video ».
On average, depending on the country, the user downloads the files from 53 to 73 per quarter. It focuses mainly images and photos, and music. But it is music that represents the largest item of expenditure. The study further indicates that it is young people who download the most regularly, even if all age groups practice downloading, regardless of sex. Not surprisingly still, the computer remains the platform of choice for content downloads, mobile face, for example.
As for the main obstacles to the use of paid downloading, the report cites the price of content, low available catalogs and unable to listen to and / or watch the content before downloading.
