Teens Don't Think CD Copying is a Crime 704
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."
What they don't tell you (Score:5, Funny)
Threat Matrix (Score:5, Funny)
It's only natural (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You want to know what is a crime? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:You want to know what is a crime? (Score:3, Funny)
I bought the two-pack: Kid's friend bought it, copying it is ok. Kid's friend stole it, copying it not so ok. That's what the numbers say.
Re:23 comments, not one good (Score:5, Funny)
Tomorrow's headline: Teenagers are not literate in copyright laws! There was the same response as this to the article about evolution illiteracy. The average person simply doesn't know.
Doesn't know, and doesn't care... Apathetic and amoral are the values that prevail today. Not that it's a bad thing, mind you. But I would've preferred to hear that Teens don't think copying CD's is illegal in a defiant stand against the RIAA, "THE RIAA CAN SUCK ON THESE", said one young man as he pointed his two index fingers to the sky, instead of I want to listen to MY Justin Timberlake/Ciara/Fergie and nobody's gonna stop me...
There's only one option... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Cut. Try another scene. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cut. Try another scene. (Score:5, Funny)
This is fun, I think I'll start casting for my own PSA
Re:Don't copy...Don't copy that floppy! (Score:3, Funny)
They don't really care.... (Score:2, Funny)
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Do you really want democracy? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Cut. Try another scene. (Score:1, Funny)
Unlike /. (Score:3, Funny)