According to a new survey by music consultancy Music Ally, many users would completely disregard warning letters from ISPs threatening to shut off their Internet for piracy offenses.
The survey was given to US, UK and French citizens, and published by the research firm The Leading Question.
The study also shows that most consumers would prefer to download music legally from their ISPs rather then from their mobile carriers or from their cable providers.
46 percent of those studied chose their ISP as the “ideal music provider” compared to 10 percent who chose their cable or satellite TV company, and 5 percent who chose their mobile operator. An even smaller number, 3 percent, chose handset manufacturers such as Nokia or Apple as their preferred provider.
“ISPs need to find new added value offerings as their core service of offering access to the Internet becomes increasingly commoditised,” noted Tim Walker, CEO of The Leading Question, on Music Ally’s Website.
“Music looks like a good bet both for keeping existing customers and getting new ones, particularly if you can bundle in a music service so that it ‘feels’ free or very cheap.”
To the other matter at hand, 41 percent of those surveyed “admitted to using P2P services said they would stop downloading unlicensed music if they were sent a warning letter from their ISP.” 63 percent said they would stop if they were threatened with having their Internet service shut off.
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Result for: existing customers
SlySoft sent us a note that they will be changing their upgrade policy soon. Currently, if you buy any of SlySoft’s products, you’ll get free updates for your lifetime. To be fair for its current and past customers, this policy wont change for existing customers, but soon new customers will get the updates only for one year, a familiar policy with many software products nowadays.
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