Interview 3

Demographic Information: 18, Female, Student, involved in the music industry. 

1.       Have you ever downloaded music illegally?

2.       Yes I have downloaded music illegally, I used do it a little bit because it’s easy to get music, also it’s faster. Now I only use spotify as I enjoy hearing people talk and I think it’s also very easy to use.

3.       What do you think about downloading for free?

4.       I think the industry need to find a way of dealing with it because most people these days expect it to be free or a lot cheaper. Maybe do something like subscriptions or make more use of spotify.

5.       What do you think enhances people to download music for free?

6.       Well, it’s easy and it’s cheap, music is expensive and a lot of people don’t want to pay for music anymore as you can now get it for free an easier way. I also think there is a pressure on young people to have a lot of music to be cool; if you have the latest songs then you’re cool.

7.       Is it easy to download illegally?

8.       It’s very easy.

9.       What could the music industry do to stop the public from downloading music illegally?

10.   Embrace vinyl’s again, as a lot of people would enjoy the product more than CD’s. Maybe start streaming services to get people to listen to music online which isn’t then illegal.

11.   Do you think music is too expensive in the shops these days and people no longer spent money on that, one of the reasons being the recession?

12.   Yeah, but before the recession it was already a problem, because downloading is easier, it’s become the culture to be cheap

13.   Do you think shops like HMV should close down and just sell their music online, seeing the majority of the people get there music from the internet?

14.   No, I think shops like HMV should start doing more to get there products noticed, maybe sell music online but still have other products in the shop.

15.   Do you think illegal downloading of music will ever stop?

16.   No, probably not.

17.   Isn’t the public scared of catching virus’s when downloading?

18.   Yeah, but there is so much cheap virus software.