Internet piracy in Italy

Unauthorised file-sharing

• Broadband penetration is 15% of all households (3 million Italian families have a broadband connection).
• 4 million people swap music on unauthorised file-sharing services on the internet in Italy at any one time.
• 21% of young people aged 18-24 engage in file-sharing.
• 15% of 14-17's engage in file-sharing.

Awareness

• 55% of unauthorised file-sharers know that uploading unauthorised music is illegal.

State of the local industry

• Between 2000 and 2004 audio music sales fell by 150 million euro - a 24% drop.
• Music buying has declined by 1% among 14-24 year olds and 9% among 18-24 year olds, due to the availability of free music files on the web.
• 20% of music industry jobs have been lost in the past 4 years.

Legitimate Services

• There are eight legitimate services. These are: Tiscali, RAI, MSN, Telecom Italy, Buongiorno Vitaminic, Messaggerie Digitali and iTunes