Pirate vinyl more popular than pirate games in Japan!
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A recent survey conducted by RealWorld RealResearch (I love that name!) and reported on by japan.internet.com into piracy revealed some very curious results on what pirate booty people parted with money for.
Demographics
Over the 12th and 13th of May 2009 1,015 members of the RealWorld RealResearch monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 56.7% of the sample were male, 3.8% in their teens, 10.7% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.9% in their forties, 22.3% in their fifties, and 24.7% aged sixty or older. (That’s a bit of an unusual age profile!)
In case you’re wondering, the Japanese for pirate and piracy is, as in English, also the term for sea-based robbers.
Many years ago back in Scotland I used very regularly buy pirate stuff at the Barras in Glasgow, back when the internet meant Prestel and a 12/75 modem, so hopping on my bike for a thrash up to Glasgow at the weekends for a visit to the friendly dealers was always a pleasant way to pass the time.
Research results
Q1: Have you ever purchased pirated items? (Sample size=1,015)
| Yes (to SQs) | 7.8% |
| No | 82.4% |
| Don’t know what piracy is | 9.8% |
Q1SQ1: What kinds of pirated items have you bought? (Sample size=79, multiple answer)
| Votes | Percentage | |
| CD | 31 | 39.2% |
| DVD, Blu-ray | 26 | 32.9% |
| Computer software | 17 | 21.5% |
| Video | 15 | 19.0% |
| Record | 8 | 10.1% |
| Book, photo album | 4 | 5.1% |
| Game software | 2 | 2.5% |
| Other | 4 | 5.1% |
Q1SQ2: How did you buy these pirated items? (Sample size=79, multiple answer)
| Votes | Percentage | |
| From a pirate shop | 27 | 34.2% |
| Through internet auction | 26 | 32.9% |
| From a pirate dealer, roadside stall, etc | 12 | 15.2% |
| From a pirate’s web site | 6 | 7.6% |
| From friends | 5 | 6.3% |
| Through a pirate on a bulletin board, email | 3 | 3.8% |
| Other | 6 | 7.6% |
Q1SQ3: About how many times have you bought pirated items? (Sample size=79)
| Just once | 36.7% |
| Two to five times | 58.2% |
| Six to ten times | 2.5% |
| Eleven to twenty times | 0.0% |
| More than twenty times | 2.5% |
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