Johnny V.blog

Um artigo interessante no Internet Evolution chama a atenção para um estudo que quase metade dos compradores de DVDs, música e jogos fazem também “downloads ilegais”.

“Illegal downloaders represent 45 percent of consumers who purchase content legally, the institute recently reported.

The Institute estimates some 4.7 million Dutch Internet users 15 years and older downloaded hacked and pirated DVDs, games, and music in the last 12 months. This would imply a staggering 25 percent of the Dutch population (from the 2008 figure of 16.5 million) who view illegal downloading and sharing as socially acceptable, even as they’re also legally acquiring content in parallel.”

Finalmente um juíz percebeu a diferença!

“Those who download movies and music for free would not necessarily purchase those movies and music at the full purchase price,” Jones wrote. “[A]lthough it is true that someone who copies a digital version of a sound recording has little incentive to purchase the recording through legitimate means, it does not necessarily follow that the downloader would have made a legitimate purchase if the recording had not been available for free.”
- Judge James P. Jones, via ars technica