A new research study from the Solutions Research Group (PDF) finds that American consumers really are starting to watch movies that they rip from DVDs or download to their PCs.
According to the report, some 32 million Americans aged 12 and over have downloaded a ful-length movie at some point in the past—that’s 18 percent of the U.S. online population. Of those, some 20 million are regular downloaders, having pulled down a movie in the last month. Among movie downloaders, the study claims that some 80 percent get content exclusively from file-sharing sites and P2P networks.
