Internet piracy in Japan
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Unauthorised file-sharing
- Broadband penetration is 48% of households (Japanese Internet Association).
- 81 million music files were illegally downloaded in 2004.
- 258 million CDs were burned with music in 2004, compared with 200 million CD albums purchased.
State of the local industry
- Between 2000 and 2004 audio music sales fell by 30% - a loss of 200 billion yen ($US 1.8 billion).
- The under 20's consumer made up about 60% of CDs sales back in 1998, by 2004 this has dropped to about 40%.
- In 2000, 26 albums sold over 1 million copies in Japan, by 2004 this had dropped to 10 albums selling over 1 million.
Legitimate Services
- There are at least eleven legal sites in Japan, including: Mora, Excite Music Store, OCN Music Store, Listen Music Store, Love Music Store, Ongen, MSN Music, Yahoo! Music Download, ORICON STYLE, music.jp, reco-choku full