It's Official: America Is a Land of Young, Casual Pirates
Ars Technica, November 17, 2011
By Nate Anderson
A major new survey of American attitudes to online copyright infringement has found that 70 percent of all 18 to 29 year olds have pirated music, TV shows or movies. But almost no Americans are hardcore grog-swillers, and two-thirds of those who do acquire copyrighted material without permission also acquire content legally.
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