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Pew Study: File Traders Don't Care About Copyright

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the related-study-finds-sugar-is-sweet dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A recent poll by the Pew Internet and American Life Project focused on that portion of the file trading community that is over 18. The major finding is that two-thirds of all file traders in this age bracket are not concerned about violating copyright laws. This remained consistant even when they split up the respondents by sex, income, and race."

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  1. IP is dead by billsf · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    DUH! Interesting to note this is a US survey. Getting out into the real world, the support of copyright laws falls to amasing lows, particularly among those that are highly educated. These are indeed among the most unpopular of laws. They will be reformed or repealed. Thank you USA for making the most stupid laws (DMCA, et al) that ultimately does away with all IP repression. This is the only area that i can think of where the USA has helped make the world a better place.

  2. Re:Amen! by Kneo24 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I got that from something Lawerence Lessig did. It was done completely in flash. I'm sure he would have a better clue than you would.