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File Sharing Lives: 300 Million Monthly Users, U.S. Ranked #1 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Streaming music, movies and other media may provide an alternative to unauthorized file-sharing, but a new study shows that it certainly has not stopped it. 300 million users still download. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/06/file-sharing-lives-300-million-monthly-users-us-ran

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Streaming music, movies and other media may provide an alternative to unauthorized file-sharing, but a new study shows that it certainly has not stopped it. 300 million users still download media and software via P2P every month, according to net tracker Tru Optik. In fact, film and tv download via P2P surpasses downloads from iTunes, GooglePlay and Amazon combined. The U.S. is the worst offender, downloading 13.6% of all music and 18% of all film obtained via BitTorrent globally.

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