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BSA Warns of Generation of Unabashed Pirates in the U.K.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 9, 2004 - 3:18am.
London -- A new survey conducted on behalf of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) finds that about 44% of 18- to 29-year-olds in the U.K. admits to owning pirated intellectual property. Nearly a third of all the 30- to 50-year-olds surveyed also admitted to owning pirated material. The BSA said the survey indicated the emergence of a new "pirate generation" in the U.K. that had few ethical qualms about buying pirate software, CDs and DVDs. Most of the 2,000 people surveyed by pollsters YouGov did say that they felt there was little or no stigma attached to pirated goods. BSA spokesman Mike Newton described the survey as "grim reading" and singled out the role of the Internet. "There is a growing generation that lacks the respect for intellectual property on which manufacturers of things like music rely," he said. "The Internet is clearly a major route for pirate traffic."
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