Bad news for the companies hoping to persuade music fans to pay for music download services - a survey by polling firm Ipsos-Reid in the US has found that only 9 percent of teenagers see anything wrong with making copies of tunes and sharing them for free on the Internet.
On the launch of the survey the Associated Press in the US asked students from The Art Institute of California for their opinions on downloading, and whether they thought the record labels' legit websites will take off. Among the responses they received were:
"I don't think the record label's subscription sites will lead to a mass commercial acceptance because people are so tired of paying extreme prices for CDs that cost mere pennies to produce".
"I don't think it would work because it would usually cost too much to check out a song. ... Don't performers give out demos? They should be happy people are bothering to download their stuff."
"No matter what, there will always be someone who will find a way to get free music out there. But things change, for better or for worse. And perhaps the age of the music industry's empire has come to an end."
Even with the pirate proof technology and legal suits it's still gonna be a long tricky battle if the labels really want to stop illegal downloading.