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Old 01-17-2012, 02:14 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by halfpint View Post
Not much porn on mobiles atm but I have seen it being done and then sent to other friends, This will only get bigger in time just like the mainstream videos and music they rip and use for ringtones, very popular to rip music from youtube to mobiles and very easily done atm. Torrents are used by novices very much, I found out that even my own daughter was using torrents some years ago as were most of her freinds at school, thankfully she has grown up and no longer uses them anymore, as for social networks the users use them to spread urls by emails and chat.

Even after talking to both my kids about downloading pirated music and videos they still did not seem to grasp why it was wrong, its a culture thing all thier friends do it too, they used to share music with friends on thier phones at school and its going to be hard to break. I can happily say that both of my kids have both left school and grown up and no longer download pirated music. But I wouldent be suprised if my son and all of his mates do the same thing with porn given the chance even though they know its wrong.
People pirating to friends on a one to one basis has happened for long before the Internet. VHS days and music on tape cassettes made it east to copy and give it to friends, or sell it out of the back of your car at a swap meet. The damage was minimal and no one really worried.

The Internet turned it into a real business where 10,000s could get something for free. And the damage is immense. The problem is that they do know it's wrong, but don't fear facing the consequences.
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