Bill Gates' piracy confession

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Randall <rvh40 () insightbb com>
Date: June 23, 2006 12:15:49 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>, Dewayne Hendricks  
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Subject: Bill Gates' piracy confession

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By Robert L. Mitchell on Tue, 06/20/2006 - 12:53pm

If you read way down to the bottom of a Wall Street Journal interview
with Bill Gates that ran yesterday, you'll discover that the Microsoft
executive admitted to watching pirated movies on the Internet. The
confession came as he was talking about content he had viewed on
YouTube. Here's part of the exchange:

        WSJ: You watch physics lectures and Harlem Globetrotters [on
        YouTube]?

        Gates: This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.

        WSJ: But those were stolen, correct?

        Gates: Stolen's a strong word. It's copyrighted content that  
the
        owner wasn't paid for. So yes.


The Internet's biggest social failure has been that it has served as
enabling technology for rampant cheating and theft - and the
rationalization of it. The Internet makes stealing so easy that most
people don't even think about it.

Bill Gates' comments would appear to be a case in point. You can hear
the wheels turning as Gates thinks through the reality of his actions
before finally admitting that he has indeed downloaded and consumed
copyrighted content.

If you have a WSJ subscription you can view the story, Bill Gates
on ...the Competition here.

http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/2803



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