Comments on: Majority of Youth Understand ‘Copyright,’ But Many Continue to Download Illegally

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:42:30 +0000

The fact of the matter is most people in my generation do not agree with the so called corporate structure. I’m and many others know and can clearly see that the US is being taken for a ride by lobbyists in Washington; paying positions to do the bitting of the company paying them. Regarding this article, to me any many others, copyright law is a “wolf in sheep’s clothes” pretending to be a good thing, when in reality it is being used to secure the deep pockets of very rich and heartless men. An example of what I’m taking about is that when a copyright is put on a product by a corporate player instead of the original author, That company has the intent of making millions and pay the individual pennies as they (the corporation) has ownership of the product and not the individual. My argument is not geared just for this topic but for a lot of other things as well. I believe no company should have to right to own any intellectual property at all. It is no different in telling people that they are not allowed to know things endless they pay someone first.

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:57:05 +0000

“In a democratic nation, it is impossible for a majority of the populace to be considered criminals.”
That just simply isn’t true. People may believe that a law is right, but still choose to break it. I believe that copyright law is fair, but I still choose to break it because I can’t afford to buy the media that I want to enjoy, and feel that seeing as I couldn’t buy it if I wanted to, copying it creates no real loss. But I would still think it fair that I be considered a criminal because it is virtually impossible to define whether somebody is breaking the law out of need or greed in this case.

By: cgfj

cgfj — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:18:38 +0000

“The fact that kids know stealing software is wrong, and yet they behave like it’s okay, clearly illustrates a challenging ethical dilemma.”

There is an enormous difference between what is ethically wrong, and what the law says.
None of these kids said what they were doing was wrong, they said they knew it was against the law.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 31 May 2009 07:15:38 +0000

“The fact that kids know stealing software is wrong, and yet they behave like it’s okay, clearly illustrates a challenging ethical dilemma.”

No, it only indicates that current copyright law does not reflect the will of the people. The people make the laws that decide whether a given behavior is a crime, regardless of what a record company believes.

In a democratic nation, it is impossible for a majority of the populace to be considered criminals.