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Studies

by Mike Masnick

Tue, Jun 29th 2004 7:06pm





Shocker: People Don't Think They Should Be Sued For Downloading

from the um.--they're-not. dept

A new study shows that completely unsurprising results that most people don't think the RIAA should be suing people for downloading. While the majority of those over 55 had no problem with the lawsuits, under that age barrier they felt the RIAA was going too far. Of course, the RIAA lawsuits are not about downloading. Every one of the lawsuits so far have been about offering songs (i.e., potentially uploading songs) rather than the actual downloading of songs. Still, it certainly suggests that people are getting fed up with the RIAA's heavy handed tactics.

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    Registration for news sites suck

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    anonymouse, Jun 29th, 2004 @ 10:24pm

    see subject.

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    Re: Registration for news sites suck

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    Mike (profile), Jun 30th, 2004 @ 12:03am

    Grrr... this is pissing me off. Again, that's a site I didn't register for, but so many sites now seem to have this thing where for some people it's open and some people it's reg... I'm not doing it on purpose. I really do try to avoid reg sites. Please don't blame me for it.

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    Re: Registration for news sites suck

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    Anonymous Coward, Jun 30th, 2004 @ 4:43am

    Try this: printable version of the article

    or feel free to use:

    Username: [email protected]
    Password: password

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    Re: Registration for news sites suck

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    me, Jun 30th, 2004 @ 5:19am

    http://www.bugmenot.com is a good resource for sites that require registrations

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    Ignorance of the law?

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    dorpus, Jun 30th, 2004 @ 6:10am

    If you surveyed teenagers, would most of them thinking that shaking a baby is OK?

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    No Subject Given

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    Anonymous Coward, Jun 30th, 2004 @ 7:11am

    So what i take from this is that Younger people have even less respect for the law than their parents. Hmmmm, somehow not surprised.

    Love the shaking the baby comment !!!

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    Re: No Subject Given

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    Anonymous Coward, Jun 30th, 2004 @ 7:27am

    Do NOT , I repeat, DO NOT feed the DORPUS !

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    I want everything and I want it free

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    Anonymous Coward, Jun 30th, 2004 @ 10:30am

    Of course another conclusion instead of "Fed up with heavy handed tactics" is that the results of this survey point out just how little regard for the property of others many people have today. Is it really surprising that those that are likely to be stealing when asked if they should be held accountable for that stealing say "No"?

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    Re: I want everything and I want it free

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    Anonymous Coward, Jun 30th, 2004 @ 1:22pm

    Downloading is not a crime.

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