I agree with your comment about what the writer meant. However, I also don't think it really matters if the students care about when they break IP rights, when it comes to protecting their IP. It seems a little odd that I say that, but consider the convicted murderer: If another person (perhaps one who had a friend/loved one killed by this murdurer) decides to kill the murderer, then they too are guilty of murder. Both acts are illegal/immoral, and neither is justified (in the impartial eyes of the law). In the same way, a student who ignores the IP rights of another does not forfeit their own IP rights. Hope that clears up what I was trying to say.
" Statistically speaking, it's likely that a sizable percentage of these students download copyrighted material from the Internet. Do you think any of them are concerned about IP rights then?"
So that means it's ok to infringe IP rights because some students have infringed on the rights of others?
Using that logic, it's ok to rob banks because some people already do it.
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I agree with your comment about what the writer meant. However, I also don't think it really matters if the students care about when they break IP rights, when it comes to protecting their IP. It seems a little odd that I say that, but consider the convicted murderer: If another person (perhaps one who had a friend/loved one killed by this murdurer) decides to kill the murderer, then they too are guilty of murder. Both acts are illegal/immoral, and neither is justified (in the impartial eyes of the law). In the same way, a student who ignores the IP rights of another does not forfeit their own IP rights. Hope that clears up what I was trying to say.
" Statistically speaking, it's likely that a sizable percentage of these students download copyrighted material from the Internet. Do you think any of them are concerned about IP rights then?" So that means it's ok to infringe IP rights because some students have infringed on the rights of others? Using that logic, it's ok to rob banks because some people already do it.