By Ken Y-N ( April 30, 2009 at 23:50)
· Filed under Entertainment, Hardware, Polls
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Japan does have the image of being a very law-abiding country, and this survey conducted by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com into portable audio players does reinforce that stereotype.
Demographics
Between the 16th and 20th of April 2009 1,056 members of the goo Research monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% of the sample were male, 16.4% in their teens, 18.8% in their twenties, 20.9% in their thirties, 16.1% in their forties,15.6% in their fifties, and 12.1% aged sixty or older.
First of all, let me say that I am not clear on the finer details of Japanese copyright law, but in Q1SQ2 one might claim that copying from CD may be illegal, but assuming given the number of music rental shops that people copy from rented CDs, I believe the law does allow one to make copies, although I did read that it is supposed to be a degraded copy, so ripping to MP3 might be OK. Second of all, downloading other people’s illegally uploaded music is not illegal; it is only the uploading that falls foul of the law, although than might or might not change soon.
Research results
Q1: Do you have a portable digital audio player (excluding mobile phones, etc)? (Sample size=1,056)
Q1SQ1: Who are the manufacturers of these portable digital audio players? (Sample size=503, multiple answer)
| |
Votes |
Percentage |
| Apple |
276 |
54.9% |
| Sony |
154 |
30.6% |
| Panasonic |
35 |
7.0% |
| Toshiba |
32 |
6.4% |
| iRiver |
24 |
4.8% |
| Victor |
19 |
3.8% |
| Creative |
15 |
3.0% |
| Kenwood |
9 |
1.8% |
| Transcend |
8 |
1.6% |
| Hitachi |
5 |
1.0% |
| Green House |
3 |
0.6% |
| Siren |
3 |
0.6% |
| Cowon |
2 |
0.4% |
| Other |
55 |
10.9% |
| Don’t know the maker |
8 |
1.6% |
Q1SQ2: How do you obtain music to listen to on your portable digital audio players? (Sample size=503, multiple answer)
| |
Votes |
Percentage |
| Copy from CD via computer |
455 |
90.5% |
| Buy from music delivery site |
154 |
30.6% |
| Download for from free music deliver site |
136 |
27.0% |
| Podcast |
56 |
11.1% |
| Copy from CD via stereo system |
35 |
7.0% |
| Other |
33 |
6.6% |
Q1SQ3: Do you use the supplied earbuds? (Sample size=503)
| Use them |
65.4% |
| Don’t use them |
32.2% |
| Didn’t come with earphones |
2.4% |
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CD rentals are so damn cheap in Japan—I have seen prices at 99 yen for 3-day rental of a CD. At that price, why bother to steal music?
This is especially true since the CD track names and info is automatically added to MP3s ripped from a CD depending on the software.