Consumers, especially young ones, have no problem shelling out for digital content and programs. A new Survey from the Pew Research Center finds that the typical Internet user paid about $10 per month
for content music, games, software and apps. The biggest spenders paid $47 per month.
Jim Jansen, who led the study, said the challenge is finding the right price for digital versions
of formerly physical products like CDs. Younger consumers, however, don't have a problem with paying physical money for virtual products.
"There is a segment of younger folks who have
grown up with iTunes and Netflix and they are a little more willing to pay 99 cents for a song or $4.99 for a movie rather than ripping it off somewhere."
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