Almost one in four portable game players have pirated

By ( February 17, 2010 at 00:29) · Filed under Entertainment, Hardware, Polls

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Have you ever played with illegally-downloaded, backed-up games? graph of japanese statisticsgoo Research recently conducted their third regular survey into consumer games machines, and the report on japan.internet.com had some interesting data regarding piracy.

Demographics

Between the 25th and 27th of January 2010 1,056 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-base questionnaire. 52.9% of the sample were male, 16.4% in their teens, 17.7% in their twenties, 21.7% in their thirties, 16.2% in the forties, and 28.0% aged fifty or older.

Previously I’ve mentioned that I felt surveys covering P2P piracy had under-reported the piracy issue, so I’m very surprised to see so large a self-reported figure here for console piracy. I’m not really too sure of the best way to interpret the difference.

It’s interesting to compare the results here with those from last November.
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Illegal music downloads in Japan

By ( January 29, 2010 at 00:43) · Filed under Entertainment, Internet, Polls

How do you most often purchase music? graph of japanese statisticsFor a change, this recent survey from iShare into music downloading laws found a significant number willing to admit their thievery.

Demographics

Between the 5th and 8th of January 2010 443 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.7% of the sample were male, 30.7% were in their twenties, 30.7% in their thirties, and 38.6% in their forties.

As I’m not the sort of person who downloads music willy-nilly just for the sake of filling up their iPod, I’ve never downloaded more than just a dodgy track or two. I’m probably also being a fuddy-duddy by saying that the iPod and said illegal downloading just because one can is a behaviour I cannot condone in the slightest, and I’m sure in some way contributes towards the youth of today having the attention span of a goldfish. I used to play just the one CD or tape for about a week or more, but when I last had my hands on a SonyPod, I found myself filling it up with all my CDs then spending more time skipping than listening. Oh, and the software was useless and at least twice wiped its own database.

Anyway, back to the survey. This month the law has changed such that downloading illegally uploaded contents is now illegal.
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Pirate vinyl more popular than pirate games in Japan!

By ( May 22, 2009 at 23:24) · Filed under Uncategorised

Have you ever purchased pirated items? graph of japanese statisticsA 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.
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Net auctions primary source of purchased pirate media in Japan

By ( June 26, 2008 at 15:48) · Filed under Polls, Society

Have you ever bought pirate media? graph of japanese statisticsI’ve once or twice seen dodgy street stalls in Den-Den Town (Osaka’s Akihabara) selling copies of popular business software titles, so to see how the Japanese might purchase such goods of dubious provenance this survey from JR Tokai Express Research Inc and reported on by japan.internet.com on piracy reveals some answers.

Demographics

On the 22nd of June 2008 330 members of the JR Tokai Research monitor group employed in private industry successfully completed a private intret-based questionnaire. 77.6% of the sample were male, 9.1% were in their twenties, 40.6% in their thirties, 41.2% in their forties, and 9.1% in their fifties.

There’s actually a couple of problems with this survey – first Q1 asks if one has ever bought pirate media; how many were reporting purchases before they had broadband? I know when I had an Atari ST and a 1200/75 modem, I was regular visitor to The Barras. Second, by choosing a sample of people with internet access, they often have the ability to download stuff for free (or even paying, as the survey focussed on physical product) rather than paying for a tangible fake. And of course, there’s a certain percentage who would not admit their use of such contents.

Oh, and in Q1SQ1, pirate vinyl? Never heard of such a thing, although I wonder if that includes laser disk?
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