MPAA claims one in four has downloaded movies
9 July 2004
A survey by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has revealed that one in four people online have downloaded a feature film.
The survey, conducted by OTX in partnership with the MPAA, was carried out with 3,600 internet users in eight countries, including the UK.
The results have shown that the downloading of films could be affecting box office receipts and DVD sales.
As many as 50 per cent of those questioned said they had downloaded copyrighted content in the last year. Of this statistic, 17 per cent said they are going to the movies less often, and 26 per cent said they bought fewer DVDs.
Global movie admissions were down by 4 per cent to about 1.57 billion in 2003.
The MPAA's main concern is that as broadband internet connections spread faster to countries around the world, more people will take to illegal downloading.
In Korea, where 98 per cent of the population uses broadband, 60 per cent admitted to downloading films, and one in three said they go to the cinema less.
Matthew Grossman, a spokesman for the MPAA, said: "It's not hard to imagine as other countries become increasingly broadband-based we'll see more of this happen."
The MPAA has launched a worldwide campaign to monitor online film downloading more closely and educate people on the implications of pirating movies.
However, between 1993 and 2004, admissions have gone up 27 per cent, by 330 million. DVD sales and rentals have shot up by 50 per cent from 2002 to 2003, the research also showed.
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