Illegal downloads soar as hard times bite

[KiwiCoromandel]

Hundreds of thousands more Australians have turned to illegal download sites in the past year to save money on movies, music, software and TV shows during the economic downturn, new figures show.

Total visits by Australians to BitTorrent websites including Mininova, The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, TorrentReactor and Torrentz grew from 785,000 in April last year to 1,049,000 in April this year, Nielsen says. This is a year-on-year increase of 33.6 per cent.

read more: http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology...3103577467.html

source: Technology/smh.com.au

The Beauty of illegal downloading

image: Fair Use/photobucket: ILLEGAL DOWNLOAD sites more popular during economic downturn.

[Redneck4sure]

33.6 more Australians have wised up in the last year.

...and as for what the kid in the vid said about waiting another week or two......It happens to me all the time.

[Sharon K]

Hundreds of thousands more Australians have turned to illegal download sites in the past year to save money on movies, music, software and TV shows during the economic downturn, new figures show.

Total visits by Australians to BitTorrent websites including Mininova, The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, TorrentReactor and Torrentz grew from 785,000 in April last year to 1,049,000 in April this year, Nielsen says. This is a year-on-year increase of 33.6 per cent.

read more: http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology...3103577467.html

source: Technology/smh.com.au[/b]

image: Fair Use/photobucket: ILLEGAL DOWNLOAD sites more popular during economic downturn.

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[Redneck4sure]

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Thanks you for the post.

Kiwi is a powerhouse of good info.....

....when he's not in max download pirate mode.