网络文件分享没有损害大部分艺术家

Net File-Sharing Doesn't Hurt Most Artists - Survey
Sun Dec 5, 2004 04:04 PM ET

中文导读：
根据Pew Internet and American Life Project在星期天公布的一份调查，绝大部
分音乐家和艺术家声称尽管网络文件交流服务能使用户免费拷贝歌曲及其它资料，
但互联网还是帮助他们赚了更多的钱， 并提供了新的渠道来推销他们的作品。只有
3%的被调查者指出互联网损害了他们的利益。这份问卷调查是该非营利组织在2003年12月对809艺术家进行的。

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most musicians and artists say the Internet has helped them make more money from their work despite online file-trading services that allow users to copy songs and other material for free, according to a study released on Sunday.
Recording labels and movie studios have hired phalanxes of lawyers to pursue "peer to peer" networks like Kazaa, and have sued thousands of individuals who distribute copyrighted material through such networks.

But most of the artists surveyed by the nonprofit Pew Internet and American Life Project said online file sharing did not concern them much.

Artists were split on the merits of peer-to-peer networks, with 47 percent saying that they prevent artists from earning royalties for their work and another 43 percent saying they helped promote and distribute their material.

But two-thirds of those surveyed said file sharing posed little threat to them, and less than one-third of those surveyed said file sharing was a major threat to creative industries.

Only 3 percent said the Internet hurt their ability to protect their creative works.

"What we hear from a wide spectrum of artists is that, despite the real challenges of protecting work online, the Internet has opened new ways for them to exercise their imaginations and sell their creations," said report author Mary Madden, a research specialist at the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

The nonprofit group based its report on a survey of 809 self-identified artists in December 2003. The survey has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.