"Public opinion" on file sharing/penalties

[lizziec]

In light of the discussion on IRC earlier about DRM which led to downloading stuff, and the potential "three strike" rule (see this and this to see what sparked the discussion), I thought the following might be interesting for several people. I participate in the YouGov daily "select" surveys, and the day after they send out the results so you can see what other people think. These are the results from Friday's survey (questions above the results) - they seemed relevant.

Six of the UK's biggest net providers have agreed a plan with the music industry to tackle piracy online. To what extent do you approve or oppose the following action?

Music piracy should be made illegal
Strongly approve 24.4%
Approve somewhat 27.1%
Disapprove somewhat 14%
Strongly disapprove 13%
Neither approve nor disapprove 18.1%

Internet providers should enforce a 'three strike' rule.
Strongly approve 25.9%
Approve somewhat 26.5%
Disapprove somewhat 12.3%
Strongly disapprove 21.3%
Neither approve nor disapprove 10.8%

Online users should be subject to an annual levy to cover losses from file-sharing
Strongly approve 7.3%
Approve somewhat 12.8%
Disapprove somewhat 13%
Strongly disapprove 52.7%
Neither approve nor disapprove 8.7%