Despite the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling against Grokster, recent survey data shows that internet users - especially younger ones who tend to more often use portable devices that play audio and video files - support file-sharing services, eMarketer reports. Americans are evenly divided in their attitudes toward file sharing - with age the most important determining factor of which side of the issue users would fall. Among Internet users, 44 percent said file-sharing services should be outlawed, and another 44 percent said they should be allowed. But 54 percent of those age 12-29 said it should be allowed, compared with 34 percent who disagreed.

Among owners of MP3 players, the majority said file-sharing should be allowed (55 percent vs. 35 percent). Broadband users tended to support it as well, 48 percent vs. 38 percent. Support for file-sharing was strongest among respondents who have downloaded music - free or paid - with 63 percent saying it should be allowed vs. 27 percent saying it should be outlawed.