Illegal downloads for youngsters
Apr 30 2006

More than a quarter of 10 to 25-year-olds have illegally downloaded music, films or software from the internet, said a Government survey.

A Home Office report showed 26% had committed the act, with 63% of those saying they had done so more than three times.

A quarter of people of all ages who use the web at home had unwittingly accessed or received "offensive or upsetting material" in the last 12 months.

That category showed a significant jump from 21% to 25% year-on-year, the report said.

Only a fifth had reported the offensive material to someone, such as an internet service provider, the poll showed, and only 2% had reported it to police.

Results from the British Crime Survey (BCS) also revealed that 27% of households with the internet had been affected by a computer virus in 2003-04, a significant leap from 18% the year before. The report also showed:

:: One in 10 of those aged between 16 and 25 had been victims of mobile phone harassment: 10% compared to 8% of those aged over 26;

:: Among 18 to 25 year olds, 16% admitted falsifying work expenses and 10% admitted insurance fraud;

:: Some 4% of people with credit cards had been victims of card fraud.

The data also drew on the Home Office's Offending, Crime and Justice survey, which polled 10,000 people aged 10 to 65 in England and Wales. The BCS involved interviews with 42,000 people in England and Wales.

Source: icLiverpool (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0300nationalnews/tm_objectid=17011544&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=illegal-downloads-for-youngsters-name_page.html)

:rolleyes:

My son has a PC in his room he's nearly 16,but instead of downloading illegal music downloads,he copies c.d's.Although it's only crap rave music,it is still illegal,just like it was illegal when i was young to record off the radio but most of us did.
On the point of 1 in 10 people aged between 16 and 25 have been victims of mobile crime.My son and 7 school friends were on there lunch time,across from the school is a park,where they go dossing at lunch.This one day they were approached by two asian lads.They were approx 19/20ish,they said to my son and pals that there sister had, had her phone stolen and could they just check its not them who has it.Innocently or stupidly they showed there phones,it was at this time the second asian brandished a sledge hammer,threatening to kill them if they didn't hand there phones over to them.
We were visited by the CID,who had been trying to catch these Asian lads for a while,when they raided there houses 200 stolen mobile phones were uncoverd.

brandished a sledge hammer, threatening to kill them if they didn't hand there phones over
It is horrendous that a 15 year old should be threatened with a hammer for a mobile phone. :disgust: :angry:


See National Mobile Phone Crime Unit (http://www.met.police.uk/mobilephone/)
Current crime statistics reveal that a mobile telephone is stolen in about half of all street crime and in approximately a third of cases it is the only property stolen.

I've 'tape to taped', I'm a bad person and so sorry :neutral:

I've 'tape to taped', I'm a bad person and so sorry :neutral:

I think the law is a bit confusing regarding new technologies and a lot of people aren't entirely clear about what it is legal or illegal to do. :confused:

You can find some interesting comment on internet law here (http://savirimuthu.typepad.com/cyberbug/). :thumbsup:

Well i never realised that Kev was such a law breaker,with his tape to taping.I was worse then that.I used to tape radio Caroline.2 pirates 4 1

I think the law is a bit confusing regarding new technologies and a lot of people aren't entirely clear about what it is legal or illegal to do. :confused:

You can find some interesting comment on internet law here (http://savirimuthu.typepad.com/cyberbug/). :thumbsup:

or nobody cares anymore,maybe they shouldn't over price everything in this country then maybe people wouldn't feel the need too.

Well i never realised that Kev was such a law breaker,with his tape to taping.I was worse then that.I used to tape radio Caroline.2 pirates 4 1

Hey (*whispers) don't tell anyone but I used to tape the top 10 off the radio on a Sunday night :ninja::PDT_16:

Taping off the radio for personal use illegal? Are you sure?! :028:

It wasn't where I come from. At least I'm pretty sure it wasn't -- Even my father did it, and he's a do-goody-two-shoes type.

It used to be illegal.Years ago i worked with a guy who was a Jehovah's witness,he was terrified of upsetting his "church',that he wrote to the head of music at the BBC to ask if it was illegal.The reply was yes,but it would be impossible to catch an individual like himself.He was horrified by the reply and as long as knew him he never taped a radio broadcast again.

I can get anything in our work,dvd's,cd's,mp3's,games they have it all.:unibrow:

Paul do you work in HMV mate ? :unibrow:

Paul do you work in HMV mate ? :unibrow::lol:

Yes, it was illegal to tape off the radio - but everybody did it !

I taped loads of stuff - music - and a couple of full series of Spanish lessons from the BBC !! :D