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Copy Culture in the US and Germany

Copy Culture in the US and Germany is a comparative study of digital culture, focusing on media consumption, media acquisition, and attitudes toward copyright enforcement. The study is based on a random phone survey of 2303 Americans and 1000 Germans in August-September 2011.

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Introduction

Overall Findings

  • Copy Culture
  • Markets
  • What’s Reasonable?
  • Penalties
  • Blocking
  • Legalizing File Sharing

Methodology

  • Under-Reporting of Piracy

Context

  • Copying and Infringement: The Legal Framework
  • The Enforcement Blowup

Practices

  • Devices and Services
  • Collections
  • Compact Discs
  • DVDs
  • Music Files
  • Movie/TV Files
  • Streaming
  • eBooks
  • Game Consoles

Copy Culture

  • Overall Trends
  • Online File Sharing
  • Why Download?

Attitudes

  • What’s “Reasonable”?
    • US Results
    • German Results
  • Penalties
  • Fines For Downloading
  • Will It Work?
  • Who Judges?
  • Should Intermediaries Block Infringing Material?
    • US Results
    • German Results
  • Age Effects
  • Income Effects
  • Blocking By Politics
  • Privacy & Countermeasures
  • Legalizing File Sharing
  • Artist Compensation On iTunes

Children Are The Future

Appendices

  • Gender Differences
  • Race/Ethnicity In The US
  • End-User Licenses

References

Acknowledgments

Explore the Data

Topline Results  Crosstabs  .SAV Data

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Contents

Introduction
Overall Findings
Methodology
Context
Practices
Copy Culture
Attitudes
Children Are The Future
Appendices
References
Acknowledgements

Infographics

US [pdf]

Germany [pdf]


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