[BC] RE: Tower Records

[Mark Humphrey]

On 8/9/06, Harold Hallikainen <harold at hallikainen.com> wrote:
> >From NAB SmartBrief -
>
> New piracy threat comes from friends sharing materials
> "Schoolyard" piracy, wherein copies of CDs and DVDs are given to a friend
> or classmate, poses a bigger threat to the recording and TV and movie
> industries than illegal downloads.

I would agree: as online sites are shut down, this becomes a bigger
threat -- but NAB needs to understand it's nothing "new",  just more
convenient than 30 years ago, when we had to dub to tape.

Aren't kids taught in school that "it's polite to share"?

Mark