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Do you think the possibility of having a lawsuit brought against them deters students from downloading music?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on October 17, 2007
“I don’t think it does. I don’t think they are very responsible about it. They think it doesn’t apply to them and that they won’t get in trouble.”
“Yeah, if they live on campus. I remember living in the dorms and we couldn’t download anything without getting into trouble. But people just coming here haven’t heard about it and people who live off campus don’t have to worry as much.”
“I don’t think people pay attention to it. I had a roommate that got caught last year, and I still know so many people who still do it.”
“No, not in general. I think people just think that the Internet is the Internet. They’re not really thinking about where it’s coming from.”
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The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
Smart students would download the right way. Although, Charlie Hoogner, with his big ol sunlasses and bandana, is exactly correct.
H_Lecter (anonymous) says…
Illegal downloading? Not at my house. Now, my neighbor with the unsecured wireless router sure does a lot though.
jonas (anonymous) says…
I second O-Bob seconding Charlie Hoogner. I think most students just think of the Internet as a big dump truck, rather than the large series of tubes that it is.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…
Drunkenness, pre-marital sex, illicit drug use, illegally downloading music, general Godlessness...
Par for the course.
.
Damn hedonistic heathens.
snap_pop_no_crackle (anonymous) says…
Make them listen to Snooky Lanson's Greatest Hits.
Azure_Attitude (anonymous) says…
Not much deters college kids.
Don't know who Snooky Larson is - maybe I should go to Limewire and download some - but making them listen to Barry Manilow would be a fitting punishment as well. But then they'd be able to go tit-for-tat on lawsuits and file one due to cruel and unusual punishment.
sgtwolverine (anonymous) says…
Probably not. There seems to be a general attitude now that if it's on the internet, it's okay not to pay for it; I get a little bit of that with my pictures, too. But that's just the way the online world is.
jonas (anonymous) says…
Azure: I stand by my opinion that there would be no torture greater than a Kidz Bop marathon.
snap_pop_no_crackle (anonymous) says…
A-A, Snooky was one of the hosts on Your Hit Parade.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…
Now I understand, this isn't about the candidate's theme songs playing at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
This is about college students.
No use in attempting to redact my first post.. .
Just consider it struck from the record.
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jonas, please do not include "Kid's Dance Party" in the torture music category.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-po...
prospector (anonymous) says…
Me, I don't worry, I stay busy flipping the 78's on the RCA Victrola.
Why students? Are they the only people doing it? They don't have money,except for the trust funders, so why bother with them except to set an example. It is a problem and you can't get the toothpaste back in the tube.. The record companies need to realize they are in the buggy whip business and should figure out something else to do. The pirating will never stop though I realize that is not the question here.
I can only hope that good comes out of it. Take the record company incentives out who are shoving songs/artists down our throats and letting the listeners decide. Go Indies! In a perfect world, musicians doing it for the music and not the bling bling for the record companies. They should make money performing. Like Britney does.
farmersdaughter (anonymous) says…
Is Limewire legal????
jonas (anonymous) says…
"Is Limewire legal????"
I will make it legal.
http://www.dmeb.net/speb/foryoureyes/...
Ceallach (anonymous) says…
Maybe not if they live off-campus. . but if they use ResNet the university's disconnection policy will no doubt get their attention and provide a sizable deterrence.
labmonkey (anonymous) says…
If the record companies would release something worth listening to, people might consider buying music....
tangential_reasoners_anonymous (anonymous) says…
Do you think the length of this headline might deter students from reading the article, instead sending them off to the Internet to download music?
jimjones (anonymous) says…
on an unrelated note
http://www.wral.com/sports/unc/image_...
labmonkey (anonymous) says…
Doesn't Andrea look just like Jodie Sweetin?
Agnostick (anonymous) says…
The threat of lawsuits was enough to deter me from using Limewire here at home. We gave that up for good once the lawsuits began.
Lawsuits cannot, however, stop me from ripping and/or copying CDs from my friends. Especially all my good friends at the local public library. :p
Agnostick
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erod0723 (anonymous) says…
It will deter the kids in which the lawsuits are brought, but I highly doubt that the lawsuits will have any lasting effect on illegal downloading in general. The RIAA needs to get with the times and get rid of DRM on music and stop targeting the end users. The RIAA is just one example of why this country seems to be on the fastrack to hell.