70% Of UK P2P Users Would Stop If Warned
Although most figure they'll never get caught
According to a study conducted by Wiggin, a firm of media lawyers specialized in film, music, sport, gaming, technology, broadcast and publishing law, 70 percent of all people polled said they would stop illegally sharing files if their ISP notified them in some way that it had detected the practice.
ISPs in the United Kingdom have their backs against the wall, as the government is preparing legislation which would demand they police their own networks as a way to combat copyright infringement. Of course, polls results like this one only add more arguments in favour of the government.
However, still according to the survey, most people figure they won’t get nabbed in the first place. In fact, 68 percent of respondents felt that it’s “very unlikely I will be caught” using P2P software. Not to mention that more than half of them also figured the penalties were minor.
It would be very interesting to see the results of this same question submitted to Canadians users.
Ars Technica: Survey: warnings from ISPs could slash file-swapping by 70%
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