There are warnings galore and the government, and film industry, are trying to crackdown on it, but it seems that more and more of us are making illegal copies of DVDs.

According to a new survey by analyst firm Futuresource Consulting, 38% of UK users and 32% of US users have copied a DVD disc within the past 6 months.

The research took in 5331 people, and concluded that illegal DVD copying is on the rise.

Last year, only a quarter of those quizzed admitting to copying a DVD.

Of the respondents who admitted to copying DVDs, 63% in the UK and 77% in the US said that they would have otherwise purchased the copied material.

"As studio revenues from DVD are in decline, protecting revenues is even more vital than 12 months ago", said the report.

"The vast majority of these copiers admit that they would purchase at least some of the titles on DVD if they had not been able to copy them, clearly indicating the significant levels of lost revenue due to home copying."

The survey pointed to 18-24-year-old males as the most likely culprits, and movies are the most copied material, followed by TV shows and then, surprise surprise, "special interest" titles (in other words, porn).

Only 33%? It's much lower than I expected. Either people are lying or I keep bad company.

Arrghh...

Oh, I'm not that type of pirate.

I am totally anti-piracy, but I really don't believe statistics. People who buy, buy. People who don't buy, don't buy.

Not me, although I do download movies for my PSP.

You're probably in bad company. I for one only download (do not burn to DVD) and only do this to shows and movies I wouldn't otherwise watch or be abel to watch (due to localization.) If I deem a film, game or series worthy enough, I buy the official disc.

i'm with the 66% that doesn't copy a DVD...

I am a gaming pirate. If I wasn´t, I wouldn´t be a gamer. The prices in my country are abusive. So if I don´t buy pirated games I simply won´t be a gamer.

However, I am hoping to, early next year, buy a PS3 to be able to play online and buy real games for it.

No I'm not a DVD pirate... My GF is!!! luckly they didn't say anything about music...

*is wisely keeping his mouth shut*

i'll be honest i'm a

Copy DVD's?? never do that I download lot's of movies though, mainly Japanese but also some big American blockbusters. Problem is I have a own cinema at home. I am still buying lots of DVD's (and blu-ray).