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Teens Don't Think CD Copying is a Crime
An anonymous reader writes "An article in the Orlando Sentinel reports on a poll done by the LA Times and Bloomberg. The informal study looked at teenager attitudes towards copying media. Only 31 percent said they thought it was illegal to copy a CD borrowed from a friend who had purchased it. Attitudes about ill-gotten media were less clear, and the article admits than even the legal system is slightly fuzzy on this issue." From the article: "Among teens aged 12 to 17 who were polled, 69 percent said they thought it was legal to copy a CD from a friend who purchased the original. By comparison, only 21 percent said it was legal to copy a CD if a friend got the music for free. Similarly, 58 percent thought it was legal to copy a friend's purchased DVD or videotape, but only 19 percent thought copying was legal if the movie wasn't purchased. Those figures are a big problem for the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America, both of which have spent millions of dollars to deter copying of any kind. The music industry now considers so-called 'schoolyard' piracy -- copies of physical discs given to friends and classmates -- a greater threat than illegal peer-to-peer downloading, according to the RIAA."
"Now, we just need a way to let everyone see their favorite band in person so this conversation can actually happen."
You mean their favourite band that they wouldn't have heard of if it weren't for promotion by labels part of the RIAA?
You sir, are a trolling dick. But, I'm sure you knew that when you posted, so I guess this is a moot point.
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Who's that? Can you name them? Or are you just talking out of your ass. Yeah. I thought so.
How we know is more important than what we know.
A few years ago, US software corporations complained that in China, certain businesses had the same copyright mis-understanding as these teenagers. This is indeed a valid concern, also the article does not describe how bad is the problem overall compare to everything else going on.