The other key findings of this survey were that the majority of the young people were more bothered by the moral aspect of piracy (the fact musicians are losing money) than the legal one. The main reasons cited for downloading illegally were to do with cost (it was free), accessing hard-to-get music and simply trying new music out. They had, on average, 8,000 music files in their collection – a staggering 17 days’ worth of tunes. The second and probably more relevant issue is this: why you would anyone bother to “launder” their pirated music? Some 60% of 18 to 24 year olds surveyed in the UK in 2009 admitted to using peer-to-peer networks to download music. So if you were acting illegally before you used Apple’s iCloud, you will still be deemed illegal afterwards. It will have to do this to stay in keeping with the copyright laws in the US which are similar to that in Australia. ITunes Match, which, at a cost of $24.99, matches a user’s existing music library against the 18 million tracks held in iTunes store, will work on the basis of assuming that you have a legal version of the music on your disk. If you give that original away, or sell it, you have to get rid of all copies you’ve made of the music.

Importantly, you have to keep the original copy of the music. You can even share this music with other members of your household, but not with anyone outside.

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