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US Survey Shows Piracy Common and Accepted

Posted by Soulskill on from the socially-and-morally-irrelevent dept.

bs0d3 writes "A new U.S. survey sponsored by the American Assembly has revealed that piracy is both common and accepted. The surveys findings show that 46% of adults and 75% of young people have bought, copied, or downloaded some copyright infringing material. 70% of those surveyed said it's reasonable to share music files (PDF) with friends and family. Support for internet blocking schemes was at 16%."

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  1. Re:Sauce for the goose by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This looks bad for the US economy, long term. Software (in the broad sense, including movies, music, books, and games) is what we do best, compared with the rest of the world. We don't make much electronic hardware anymore because those industries have pretty much migrated to the Far East.

    Now even American citizens think that software should be taken for free by whoever wants it. Only hardware (made in China) and infrastructure (overpriced and sold with shitty service and fees from robber barons descended mostly from the old AT&T) are considered worth paying for.

    Nice going.