http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/01/bittorrent-census-about-99-of-files-copyright-infringing.ars
The full study description:
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/census-files-available-bittorrent
"this section [movies/shows] was heavily biased towards recent movies, instead of being spread out evenly over a number of years."
The Ars conclusion, that "the more DRM there is on the legit versions of the content, the more popular it is on P2P" is confounded by the overwhelming greater desirability of content produced by the major labels, of course, but it does mean that small artists have little to lose from going DRM-free, or even freely-downloadable if what they want is traffic driven to their website.
Obvious limitations:
1. Small sample size
2. Not weighted by volume shared
3. Not an unbiased sample of the universe of pirated content
The full study description:
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/census-files-available-bittorrent
"this section [movies/shows] was heavily biased towards recent movies, instead of being spread out evenly over a number of years."
The Ars conclusion, that "the more DRM there is on the legit versions of the content, the more popular it is on P2P" is confounded by the overwhelming greater desirability of content produced by the major labels, of course, but it does mean that small artists have little to lose from going DRM-free, or even freely-downloadable if what they want is traffic driven to their website.
Obvious limitations:
1. Small sample size
2. Not weighted by volume shared
3. Not an unbiased sample of the universe of pirated content
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