Oops. Sorry for the upvote there, everyone. I had intended to downvote it but missed. What bothers me about the current generation of internet users is the s

Oops. Sorry for the upvote there, everyone. I had intended to downvote it but missed. What bothers me about the current generation of internet users is the self-righteous segment. At least those from the US should consider that EVERYONE commits crimes, even felonies, regularly without even being aware of it. The complexity of the legal system has reached that point. In fact, based on the estimates in the Reason article linked below, the average American commits 3 felonies a day. Doesn't is seem possible that maybe there's a difference between ethical and legal? Broad unreasonable laws have a corrosive effect-- they reduce the average person's respect for the law. The culprit isn't "this generation of Internet users". It's the laws. And it's not hard to argue that IP protections that lock down important pieces of our shared culture decades after it could have any effect on the original authors ability or desire to create works for the public fall into that category of corrosive laws. http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/19/were-all-felons-now http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/19/were-all-felons-now http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122367645363324303.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122367645363324303.html