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Only 2 in 500 College Students Believe in IP

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the ethics-classes-waiting-for-new-material dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "David Pogue of the New York Times has an interesting story about how fewer and fewer people believe that infringement is wrong. He mentions talks he gave back in 2005 where people were willing to believe that making backups of DVDs you own is wrong. Today, however, at his talks, he was only able to get two people out of a crowd of five hundred college students to say that downloading a movie or album is wrong. He goes on, like many before him, to bemoan the immorality of young people today, saying: 'I do know, though, that the TV, movie and record companies' problems have only just begun. Right now, the customers who can't even *see* why file sharing might be wrong are still young. But 10, 20, 30 years from now, that crowd will be *everybody*. What will happen then?'"

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  1. Internet Protocol doesn't exist! by muftak · · Score: 3, Funny

    How else do they think the internet works?

    1. Re:Internet Protocol doesn't exist! by RPoet · · Score: 2, Funny

      I suspect they believe it was intelligently designed.

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      "Oppression and harassment is a small price to pay to live in the land of the free." -- Montgomery Burns.
    2. Re:Internet Protocol doesn't exist! by iggymanz · · Score: 2, Funny

      tubes. tubes full of electric mails and pages of clicks. sometimes the tubes get too full. unplugging and plugging in the connection to the tubes can flush them.

  2. Re:What do the rest believe in? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    there was piece in the world I seem to remember that the more CS i played, the fewer choice pieces i got.
  3. That Hillary is Santa Clause by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    The rest believe that Hillary is Santa Clause.

  4. Yay, finally a slashdot discussion of IP by amyhughes · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, a discussion of intellectual property on slashdot! This will surely cover new ground. I can't wait to learn what slashdot thinks!

  5. Re:Sounds about right by FooAtWFU · · Score: 4, Funny

    Realistically, as Lincoln said, "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." Funny, I don't recall him saying that one. Ah well, it's like Lincoln said, "the world will little note nor long remember what we say here".
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  6. I don't know about the rest of you, but... by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 1, Funny

    I believe in IP Freely.

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    You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
  7. Re:Sounds about right by Artifakt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Realistically, as Lincoln said, "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."

    Abe shot first!

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    Who is John Cabal?
  8. Re:Fair Use by Darby · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe I remember wrong, but I vaguely remember making a backup was fair use. It doesn't surprise me, with my memory as bad as it is.

    No worries, as long as you remember to pay me back that 20 bucks from that time we were at that place to see that thing with those guys.