The report for a body (advising) the government on copyright looks at consumer attitudes to illegal (downloading). Researchers found 1.3 million people online on just one file-sharing network on a weekday and worked out that over a year, they were getting free (access) to material worth 120 billion pounds.
The report says seven million people who download illegally in the UK can't all be students, older people must also be (involved). But it says there's uncertainty about what is or is not illegal, and the fact that so much on the internet is free only adds to the (confusion).
The report warns the government that (criminalising) downloaders could have huge economic costs and might not even work.
Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC