The statistic provides information on the reasons for paying for music downloads worldwide as of November 2012. During the survey, 34 percent of respondents stated that downloads were good value for money, inexpensive or that they did so to save money.
Why do you pay to download music from an online store?
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Ipsos, & IFPI. (February 26, 2013). Why do you pay to download music from an online store? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/253404/reasons-for-paying-for-music-downloads/
Ipsos, und IFPI. "Why do you pay to download music from an online store?." Chart. February 26, 2013. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/253404/reasons-for-paying-for-music-downloads/
Ipsos, IFPI. (2013). Why do you pay to download music from an online store?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/253404/reasons-for-paying-for-music-downloads/
Ipsos, and IFPI. "Why Do You Pay to Download Music from An Online Store?." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Feb 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/253404/reasons-for-paying-for-music-downloads/
Ipsos & IFPI, Why do you pay to download music from an online store? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/253404/reasons-for-paying-for-music-downloads/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Why do you pay to download music from an online store? [Graph], Ipsos, & IFPI, February 26, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/253404/reasons-for-paying-for-music-downloads/