The report, published by law firm Wiggin and Entertainment Media Research, claims that 44% of those using pirate sites would be willing to pay a small fee each month to continue downloading from the favourite sites - but on a legal basis. Some 29%, however, said they would just migrate to another free online source.

The majority of those polled (59%) stated that £3.00-3.50 was a reasonable price for such a service while 25% were willing to pay up to ...