heystoopid used our news submit to tell us "Whilst browsing the web at another website they had a link, to this particular article, in regard to a telephone/ web poll from Pollara funded by CRIA , involving a group of young Canadians. The conclusions from this poll, had me in stitches, as people using file sharing are more likely to cheat on exams, and shoplift as well. According to the CRIA since 1999 they have lost a mere half a billion dollars to illegal file sharing.
Now it seems that Canadians under the age of 24, make up the majority that illegally download music (78%). Curiously, CRIA makes no mention of the Canadian Optical Media Compensation Tax, paid on sales of all CD's and DVD's sold in Canada, very strange indeed! Article also mentions the dreaded new C60, Canadian Copyright Control Act, which it seems, contains a number of serious flaws. Oh well, it seems this poll was full of rigged and loaded questions. As for our Canadian cousins let us hope they can marshall, peaceful forces to counteract the CRIA influence and can C60, with all its flaws period.
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Canadians between the ages of 18 and 29 are much more willing than other age groups to make illegal copies of software programs, cheat on exams or even shoplift, an Environics poll suggests. Nearly 27 per cent of younger people surveyed said they would consider cheating on a test or exam, compared with 10 per cent of the general population. Of those asked, 6 per cent of younger Canadians said they would leave a store without paying for a piece of clothing, compared with 2 per cent of the population at large. 'Not only does music file-swapping harm artists, but it also points to an erosion of respect for intellectual property that threatens Canada's economy and values at the core of our society," said Graham Henderson, president of the Canadian Recording Industry Association, which commissioned the polls. 'The 'if it's there, it's free' thinking extends far beyond entertainment products and software to ideas themselves," Mr. Henderson added, noting a rise in plagiarism in schools and universities. The association launched a national campaign Thursday to protect and promote so-called 'products of the mind." |
I love our little piracy bear! Anyway back to the subject. This is reminiscent of the time when the media warned that society was going to hell in a handbasket due to the evils of marijuana. Because once you smoked the evil weed, it was just a matter of time until you went to the hard stuff..alcohol er I mean heroin. One thing leads to another you know.
But now we have an even more urgent and potentially serious threat to civlization - the sharing of "mind products" - that unfortunately come bundled with a parasitic baggage that has the power to literally knock the foundation of the modern world to rubble - the loathsome (and hard to measure) undermining of corporate profit! Take a minute and read this thought provoking article heystoopid has found for us and be sure to add your thoughts below.
Source: The Globe and Mail
