In the USA new research is suggesting that the music industry’s tactics of launching lawsuits against individuals (including children) might be having some effect:

“The percentage of Americans who downloaded music from the Internet fell to 14 percent over the four weeks ended Dec. 14, from 29 percent in a 30-day sample conducted in March, April and May, according to a telephone survey of 1,358 Internet users conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. “