Music Piracy

Music piracy is the copying and distributing of copies of a piece of music for which the composer, recording artist, or copyright-holding record company did not give their consent. It is a form of copyright infringement.

This book has been made to help show specific statistics based on illegal downloading and help you to take note over this important issue.

During 2010, three quarters of all music tracks digitally accquired in the UK were downloaded illegally.

X1,200,000,000

1,200,000,000 - single music tracks illegally downloaded in 2010 from unauthorised sources.

95%

95% of music downloads are illegally shared and

downloaded around the world.

76%

76% - proportion of all music tracks obtained illegally during 2010.

98% of singles sold in 2009 were legal digital sales.

23% 23%

23% - proportion of UK online population (age 16-54) involved in illegal downloading.