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I enjoy listening to music.
Agree Strongly 88% Agree 9% Disagree 1% Don’t Know 2%
Music is important, it improves my life.
Agree Strongly 80% Agree 10% Disagree 8% Don’t Know 2%
So I’m prepared to pay for music.
Agree Strongly 8% Agree 20% Disagree 80% Don’t Know 2%
No, I get my music from illegal downloads.
Agree Strongly 72% Agree 9% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 9%
All musicians are rich lazy arseholes anyway so they deserve nowt.
Agree Strongly 88% Agree 10% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 2%
Musicians enjoy their work, so they don’t need my money.
Agree Strongly 88% Agree 8% Disagree 4% Don’t Know 2%
In general, people who enjoy work should do it for free.
Agree Strongly 78% Agree 10% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 2%
Including myself.
Agree Strongly 0% Agree 0% Disagree 100% Don’t Know 0%
Musicians should live off T Shirts sales at gigs.
Agree Strongly 90% Agree 8% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 2%
Dentists should live off T Shirt sales at surgery.
Agree Strongly 2% Agree 10% Disagree 78% Don’t Know 0%
If a dentist was also a musician then I’d buy his T Shirt.
Agree Strongly 0% Agree 0% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 100%
It’s black with a bitchin’ evil winged tooth on it.
Agree Strongly 2% Agree 40% Disagree 40% Don’t Know 18%
All the money goes to rip-off record labels. I don’t want them to get my money.
Agree Strongly 87% Agree 4% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 9%
Whereas Pirate Bay is a reputable business.
Agree Strongly 80% Agree 2% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 18%
Albums suck these days, there’s only 1-2 good tracks on them.
Why pay for that shit?
Agree Strongly 82% Agree 10% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 8%
I download the whole album anyway, might grow on me.
Agree Strongly 100% Agree 0% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 0%
Besides, I just got a huge hard drive for music and porn.
Agree Strongly 65% Agree 12% Disagree 13% Don’t Know 10%
Sharing is the future.
Agree Strongly 0% Agree 0% Disagree 78% Don’t Know 22%
(Let us rephrase that) Sharing other people’s stuff is the future.
Agree Strongly 90% Agree 10% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 0%
I secretly wish I was a musician.
Agree Strongly 0% Agree 0% Disagree 100% Don’t Know 0%
(The survey is completely anonymous. Trust us.)
Agree Strongly 50% Agree 30% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 20%
There was that person at school that really sucked but just because they became a musician they were really popular and they didn’t deserve it and I hate them. I hate them.
Agree Strongly 100% Agree 0% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 0%
I have a real job, I don’t just ponce around on a guitar all day, lah dee dah.
Agree Strongly 78% Agree 3% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 19%
I hate my job.
Agree Strongly 90% Agree 0% Disagree 0% Don’t Know 10%