MLUG: Re: [MLUG] David Pogue's Circuits: The Generational Divide in Copyright Morality (fwd)
Re: [MLUG] David Pogue's Circuits: The Generational Divide in Copyright Morality (fwd)
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On Dec 20, 2007 3:15 PM, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> Finally, with mock exasperation, I said, "O.K., let's try one that's a
> little less complicated: You want a movie or an album. You don't want to
> pay for it. So you download it."
>
> There it was: the bald-faced, worst-case example, without any nuance or
> mitigating factors whatsoever.
>
> "Who thinks that might be wrong?"
>
> Two hands out of 500.

Two other things to try:

1) One more example:

"Let's say you're in a band and your band creates a music CD, shelling
out the money yourself for production costs.  You sell a copy to your
friend, who then copies it and gives it to all your other friends."

2) Flip the question:

"Who thinks that's is OK?"

Regards,
- Robert

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