Only 2 in 500 College Students Believe in IP 649
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?'"
Internet Protocol doesn't exist! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Internet Protocol doesn't exist! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What do the rest believe in? (Score:2, Funny)
That Hillary is Santa Clause (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Internet Protocol doesn't exist! (Score:3, Funny)
Yay, finally a slashdot discussion of IP (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sounds about right (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know about the rest of you, but... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Sounds about right (Score:5, Funny)
Abe shot first!
Re:Fair Use (Score:3, Funny)
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.