School kids are worst filesharing offenders
According to Microsoft, school children are the UK’s worst filesharing offenders for downloading copyrighted material such as free music. A new study by Microsoft of 270 kids and 1,200 adults reveals that 54% of children from 11 to 16 years old partake in filesharing. This compares with only 15% of adults.
While we don’t want to discredit Microsoft’s survey, 15% is clearly nowhere near the real figure. Microsoft also said that 61% of kids have bought illegal goods online, while about a quarter of the kids are keen on fake items.
The real kicker is that 60% of the kids said that regular music and movies are too expensive. When you’re young a carefree and can easily get away with downloading copyrighted material, what’s to stop you when companies all around are touting the latest MP3 players, DVD burners and whatnot? The kids are just doing what seems natural to them.
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Posted on 13 July 2008 by Iownmymusic in Filesharing