Last time I saw brain-scrubber propaganda like this was almost 25 years ago when, just a kid, I was terrified by some creepy comics left behind by some men my dad was talking to at the front door. Even at 7 and hungry for comic-anything, I couldn’t imagine why anybody’d want to read stories like that.
Downloading Penalties Violate First Amendment
People who have believed downloading copyrighted content did not pose any kind of legal problem have faced plenty of legal troubles, but the real trouble comes as enforcement against illegal downloading makes people fear legal downloading.
Consumers Downloading More Films
Americans romance with Hollywood is slowly moving from the silver screen to the small screen. As the movie industry gains ground through Internet distribution a new study finds consumers becoming more comfortable with downloading films.
Downloading TV Shows Leads To More Watching
CBS has released results of a poll that indicate viewers who download TV shows watch more TV than the average viewer. The poll shows that half of the users downloaded programs they had never seen and later became fans of those programs.
Downloading Groksters Swan Song
Internet file sharing entity Grokster appears to have downloaded a dirge, as the company’s no longer offers software that allows people to swap files, in some cases copyrighted files, at no charge.
Fast-Downloading Websites Are Still Important
People are impatient on the Web. They are function and task orientated. They want to get things done as quickly as possible. The average person is still accessing the Web over a 56 KB modem. You should therefore have a major focus on ‘light’ webpages if you want to increase reader-satisfaction.