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

Tue, Jun 29th 2004 7:06pm — Mike Masnick
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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    anonymouse, 29 Jun 2004 @ 10:24pm

    Registration for news sites suck

    see subject.

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

    Re: Registration for news sites suck

    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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    Anonymous Coward, 30 Jun 2004 @ 4:43am

    Re: Registration for news sites suck

    Try this: printable version of the article

    or feel free to use:

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    me, 30 Jun 2004 @ 5:19am

    Re: Registration for news sites suck

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

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    dorpus, 30 Jun 2004 @ 6:10am

    Ignorance of the law?

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

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    Anonymous Coward, 30 Jun 2004 @ 7:11am

    No Subject Given

    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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    Anonymous Coward, 30 Jun 2004 @ 7:27am

    Re: No Subject Given

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

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    Anonymous Coward, 30 Jun 2004 @ 10:30am

    I want everything and I want it free

    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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    Anonymous Coward, 30 Jun 2004 @ 1:22pm

    Re: I want everything and I want it free

    Downloading is not a crime.

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