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College Students Are Buying More, Warez-ing Less

Posted by timothy on from the don't-forget-$5-copies-of-windows-and-office dept.

Keefesis writes: "This story from a researcher at the University of Florida states that software piracy among college students dropped between the 1996-97 school year and the 2000-01 school year. One reason cited is that software makers have found 'creative' ways to entice students to purchase software(rather than the heavy-handed and largely unsuccessful tactics of the RIAA)."

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  1. Re:Effect of free software? by SanLouBlues · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This is my personal answer. Using school bandwidth to get whatever flavor linux .iso and freeBSD (just to have) is far cheaper and easier than going to a store. Not to mention, most games now suck or are available for linux (rtcw).