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P2P Users More Likely to Cheat, Shoplift

Posted by Zonk on from the you'll-get-hairy-palms-too dept.

prostoalex writes "New research report (sponsored by the recording industry, so should definitely be objective) suggests that those who download music online are also likely to cheat at schools/universities and to shoplift. From the Globe and Mail: 'Not only does music file-swapping harm artists, but it also points to an erosion of respect for intellectual property that threatens Canada's economy and values at the core of our society,' said Graham Henderson, president of the Canadian Recording Industry Association, which commissioned the polls."

17 of 614 comments (clear)

  1. shoplift? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    who the hell would shoplift when you can just download anything you really need?

  2. Other Way Around by Azarael · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe those types of people that are more likely to cheat, etc are drawn to P2P. Classic example of correlation vs causality.

  3. in other news by nuggetman · · Score: 5, Funny

    A more in depth study also indicated that P2P users are also "big doody heads" and that the recording industry's dad could kick the P2P users dad's in a fight

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    ...and that's all there is to it.
  4. Now it all makes sense by Crimsane · · Score: 5, Funny

    If file swappers are so profficient at all this theft and cheating, music execs must be pretty worried about their job-security.

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

    Users who don't download music from p2p are more likely not to have internet..

  6. Like they say... by archeopterix · · Score: 5, Funny
    If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.

    ... and from that to P2P and farting in crowded elevators.

  7. If this is true by DDiabolical · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why wouldn't they just walk into a record shop and steal the CD?

    Oh yeah, this article is BS..

  8. That's not what it says! by program21 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    From TFA:
    Canadians between 12 and 24 years of age are responsible for 78 per cent of illegal music downloading, even though they make up only 21 per cent of the population, it says.
    ...
    Canadians between the ages of 18 and 29 are much more willing than other age groups to make illegal copies of software programs, cheat on exams or even shoplift, an Environics poll suggests.
    What it does say is that people in the same age group as typical P2P users are more likely to shoplift or cheat. It does not make any correlation between P2P users and these things!
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    This has been a test. Had this been a real emergency, we would have fled in terror and you would not have been informed.
  9. RIAA Executives by interiot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can we get a study done on how likely RIAA Executives are to hurt small animals, steal from donation pots, and scowl at old ladies?

  10. Re:Badly Written by the_weasel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry - that was me.

    I downloaded the internet last week from Toronto on my cable modem. After I deleted all the porn and music I was able to fit it onto a CDROM though. If anyone wants it, please let me know.

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    - sarcasm is just one more service we offer -
  11. Re:P2P: the new gateway drug. by Simonetta · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I was young, the US president Johnson told us that if the young men did not volunteer to 'serve' in Vietnam, then after the communists 'won', tens of thousands of Vietnamese would come here and take our jobs.
        Well the young men refused to go to Vietnam, the communists 'won', and sure enough, tens of thousands of Vietnamese did come to the US and take our jobs.
        I'll never doubt the government again.

  12. In related news... by Entanglebit · · Score: 5, Funny

    In related news, users of Microsoft Windows found to use excessive foul language.

  13. p2p is directly correlated to eating disorders. by digitalderbs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since "Canadians between 12 and 24 years of age are responsible for 78 per cent of illegal music downloading" (source) and "95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25" (source), P2P sharing leads to anorexia. QED.

  14. Re:P2P: the new gateway drug. by indifferent+children · · Score: 5, Funny

    Has the RIAA commissioned a study to see if young people are more likely to hijack ocean-going vessels? After all, piracy is piracy.

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    Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. --Mark Twain
  15. Darn Canadian PSP users! by BigDogCH · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was just thinking the same thing, so I guess we should conclude that we should never trust Canadians ages 18-29. I never trusted them anyway. :)

    Actually, I first read the post as PSP Users More Likely to Cheat, Shoplift. I was really starting to wonder. Actually, I read it 4x, and didn't catch the error until reading a few comments. Darn those Canadian PSP users, the hosers!

  16. Re:P2P: the new gateway drug. by atlasdropperofworlds · · Score: 5, Funny

    Arrr! Ye be handin' o'er those mp3 cds ye scurvy swag!

  17. Re:P2P: the new gateway drug. by Moofie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Getting your morals from a government is like trying to get drinking water from a gas pump.

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    Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!