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Teens Don't Think CD Copying is a Crime

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-copy-that-floppy dept.

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."

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  1. Your education tax dollars... by Fyre2012 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... hard at work!

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    1. Re:Your education tax dollars... by DJ+Rubbie · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Education tax dollars, hard at work. Funny how you got modded off-topic with this statement. Those are the very cash RIAA will be seeking, and if their past behaviors are any indication, those are the funds they would like use to convince government and school board to use to counter 'school-yard piracy'. I won't be surprised if they strong arm their way into schools to make music copying via this method as severe as dealing drugs on school property. At the very least, we will likely be seeing more education campaigns against copyright infringement and equating that with theft in the near future.

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  2. The pure and simple truth by IlliniECE · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The RIAA brought this on themselves with an aging business model where media sells for far more than its worth to many consumers.

  3. Re:You want to know what is a crime? by kfg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You want to know what is a crime?

    It would certainly be a help, given the topic.

    A crime is what you can be prosecuted for by the state and do jail time for. Something found in the criminal code.

    What if copying a CD were a civil violation, between private interested parties? Something could be illegal and yet not be a crime. What a crazy world that would be, huh? If only.

    KFG

  4. Re:Cut. Try another scene. by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The goal isn't to "make a living", any guy who sings at the pub can do that. The goal is to "make it big" and every artist who can hold a tune thinks they have a god given right to it, if only they could get "discovered". Who puts this nonsense into their heads? Why, the labels of course.

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