[BC] Misappropriation

[FrankGott at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/26/2009 11:46:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
dlh at donnahalper.com writes:
I realize there were no "good
old days" but is it my imagination or were people a bit more
courteous a generation ago?>>

A generation ago there was no Internet.  The current generation is 
used to getting what it wants for free and linking to or borrowing by 
downloading, then uploading to their site.

This is what has devastated the music and newspaper industries. Free 
music from file sharing sites, and reading newspaper articles online 
without benefit of leafing through the ads in the print version.

Broadcast is different.  Streaming radio can include commercials.  TV 
site prerolls include ads.

But the bottom line is the younguns are used to getting free 
content.  And removing whatever someone linked to from your site 
doesn't make the problem go away.  It remains in someone's cache.

Frank Gottlieb