The Associated Press reports:
Music is no longer the download of choice for Internet file swappers, according to a new study on online file sharing. . . .
Across the OECD's 30 industrialized member countries, music accounted for 48.6 percent of files shared online, compared with 62.5 percent in 2002 . . . . Video accounted for 27 percent, up from 25.2 percent, the study will say.
Which means that music still is the download of choice, but no longer constitutes the majority of file downloads.
Another problem with the study: "The OECD report does not give separate numbers for pirated downloads and those that do not infringe copyright. Despite a growing number of paid-for services like Apple's music site iTunes, however, experts say the vast majority of file swaps are still unauthorized." Which means that the report provides little help for those who want hard numbers about copyright infringement.
At least the study will show that it's those damned Europeans who are really to blame.