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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. In further news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A recent /. study shows that anonymous cowards don't care about karma.

  2. I knew it! by Jack+Va1enti · · Score: 5, Funny
    The cretins are stealing our property in broad daylight. The Boston Strangler of home taping has returned. An erroneous court made the Betamax decision, and respect for copyright has hit an all new low.

    This is why I have proposed to our representative in Congress, Mr. Berman and Mr. Hollings, that copyright violations be made punishable by death.

    A new force will be recruited from among our friends at BayTSP, MediaDefender, and our more clandestine operatives to man squads carrying automatic weapons. These will be authorized by Congress to carry out summary executions against those sharing our property via P2P networks.

    Perhaps this will engender the respect our copyrights deserve.

  3. Re:Sweet by syukton · · Score: 2, Funny

    Note to RIAA: we will dance on your grave.

    And we shall dance to whatever we happen to get off kazaa at the time...

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  4. Re:News? by gantrep · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Pope is Catholic?

  5. In other news . . . by Pituritus+Ani · · Score: 5, Funny
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  6. file sharing a felony, eh? by fayd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, let's see here. File sharing of copyrighted material is becoming a felony. Let's follow the trend, shall we?

    Some file sharer get's caught with 200GB of music ... and 4 CDs. Get's charged with a felony. What are the best defenses for felony charges?

    Addiction/Insanity!

    Lawyer: Your honor, my client is addicted to music. His income is insufficient to purchase the music legally so he trades online.

    Judge: Six months in rehab, two years probation. *bang*

    RIAA Lawyer: *stunned bunny look*

  7. Re:Too simplistic, I want to know WHY don't they c by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 2, Funny
    Why do you do it?

    A)I don't think I'll get caught.
    B)I don't even thinka bout it.
    C)I am fighting the RIAA
    D)All of the above.
    E)Cowboy Neal told me to do it.

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  8. Re:Sweet (plus a little of a rant) by EzInKy · · Score: 2, Funny

    If 9 years later those images that I took go into the public domain, I will be forever working to maintain a barely-decent level of income.

    Man, I feel your pain. If I don't go out and work today I won't get paid next week either.

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