U.S. Leads the World in File Swapping

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U.S. Leads the World in File Swapping

Thu Jan 6, 8:00 AM ET Technology - PC World


Brendan Sullivan, IDG News Service

The U.S. makes up the majority of the world's peer-to-peer file sharing population according to a new study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Still, experts say that the findings do not represent the entire file sharing picture.


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While 55 percent of Internet p-to-p file sharers originate from the U.S., according to the study, "Peer To Peer Networks in OECD Countries", the numbers of file sharers in Germany (10 percent) and Canada (8 percent) continue to grow.


The study also points to data that shows the U.S. share in the global p-to-p user base plummeted nearly 24 percent between January 2003 and January 2004, as p-to-p software has become more popular in Europe. The data comes from a wide variety of sources including polls conducted by Pew Internet and American Life, a nonprofit Internet research project, and BigChampagne, an online media measurement company.

Savvier Swappers

Although he has yet to examine a final copy of the OECD study, which was released in December, BigChampagne Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Eric Garland points out several factors that are key to comprehending and interpreting p-to-p statistics that the OECD study does not mention.

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What can I say we are a land of swappers!!!

[madrchsod]

1. and we are

under attack by various democratic and republican lawmakers ,several recording industry groups,and the government`s patriotic act.

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[KitchenWitch]

3. We just like to share

:evilgrin:

[Florida_Geek]

5. lol they all must be Democrats

else they would only want them for themselves. :evilgrin:

[President Jesus]

4. inane and obvious. US also leads the world in personal computer ownership