BetaNews | Study: iTunes More Popular than P2P

BetaNews | Study: iTunes More Popular than P2P: “A survey conducted by research firm NPD Group suggests that Apple’s iTunes may be more popular than some leading peer-to-peer file sharing networks. According to the survey, iTunes is now neck-and-neck with LimeWire, while beating out other services such as Kazaa and iMesh.

The survey also found that those who use legal music services tend to be over 30 years of age. They are much less likely to download music illegally off of a P2P service than younger users. Four in ten households with Internet access downloaded a song legally during the month of March 2005,’ NPD said”