eSchool News ran a recent article summarizing a survey conducted by the Business Software Alliance. More than half of the young people responding admitted to downloading music and about 1/3 to downloading games. A significant proportion can provide an adequate definition for copyright and understand the content they are downloading is protected.
The survey suggests that the problem most frequently occurs at home and that parents are aware of what their children are doing.
BSA suggests a “Play it Safe in CyberSpace Curriculum it helped developed for Weekly Reader. This material offers resources for students, teachers, and parents.
