With piracy enforcement becoming a major issue worldwide, and the focus being on frightening the living daylights out of anyone with a p2p client, a reasonable person might assume that the number of illegal downloads would be decreasing. Apparently the Brits aren't reasonable people.

According to Torrent Freak, the British are downloading music at an unprecedented pace, and show no signs of slowing down. "Asked to look into the future to predict next year's downloading habits, 18% of those asked said they were likely to download more often, up from 8% in 2006 and just 6% in 2005. 41% said they would download the same next year while an identical number said they would download less."