Is there a hierarchy for piracy for those in the Net Generation? A visit to torrentspy, the pirate bay or any other torrent search site and you will find a plethora of hacked, cracked and pirated software. This generation has grown up in a digital world that has seen the creation of Napster, experienced the RIAA suing children and the use of invasive DRM technologies (which oddly enough only hampers those who actually legally obtain their media).

Technology and old business models have collided and by most accounts the media giants have responded poorly. In many cases still refusing to accept that the world is changing and business models needs to change and adapt along with it. Does this mean we should ignore copyright and condone piracy, no, but it doesn’t mean that we should continue down the path we have been on either.

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