Copyright morality of youth

I just finished reading DavidPogue‘s fascinating article on thecopyright morality of today’s youth (thanks for the link, IanJukes!). Here’s the key quote: Right now, the customers who can’t even see […]

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February 16, 2011

I just finished reading David

Pogue

‘s fascinating article on the

copyright morality of today’s youth

(thanks for the link, Ian

Jukes

!). Here’s the key quote:

Right now, the customers who can’t even *see* why file sharing might be wrong

are still young. But 10, 20, 30 years from now, that crowd will be *everybody*.

What will happen then?

Read the comments to Pogue’s post too!

Associate Professor of Educational Administration, Iowa State University

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