SURVEY: Illegal music downloading by youth drops 40%

[Jorge]

Mainly cite fears of accidentally downloading a virus or spyware.

The Business Software Alliance(BSA) have released the results of a new survey which claims that illegal downloading of copyrighted works by youth ages 8 to 18 has dropped by 40% in the last 3 years.

In 2004 60% of youth reported illegally downloading copyrighted material, 43% in 2006, and now 36% in the year 2007.

When asked why they fear most about illegal downloading, 62% cited accidentally downloading a computer virus, 52% cited getting busted, 51% cited spyware, and 48% cited getting in trouble with par

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[mascott]

Here is propaganda produced for a specific purpose and written in a manner designed to influence the young or the uninitiated.