"Watching Porn Online More Acceptable Than Pirating Music"

[dice]

A survey conducted by the New Zealand based research firm UMR Research found that nearly half of the respondents think that it’s morally okay to watch porn on the Internet. Downloading music and movies illegally, on the other hand, is frowned upon by an overwhelming majority of the respondents.

A recent survey among 1000 New Zealanders has revealed some interesting findings regarding the pleasures of the Internet. Of the polled group, nearly half (41%) thought that watching porn online is morally acceptable.

Downloading music illegally, or watching a movie online without paying, was okay with a much smaller group, 18 and 13 percent respectively.

In fact, hiding your online porn viewing habits from your spouse is still more morally accepted than downloading a movie or music album without paying for it. Of the respondents, 18 percent thought that is was fine to secretly watch porn in a marriage.

At first sight the results of the survey are not really that surprising. Downloading music and movies without consent from the copyright holders is in violation of the local laws in New Zealand and watching porn obviously isn’t. Still, a closer look at the findings reveals some remarkable inconsistencies.

Firstly, most of the adult entertainment is actually viewed on sites that are dominated by copyright infringing content. So, many of the people who watch porn online are actually pirating as well, without realizing it.

Another remarkable finding was that people seem to be fine with copyright infringement if it’s on a video streaming site such as YouTube. Of all respondents, 31 percent said that it is morally acceptable to stream copyrighted TV-shows on YouTube, while only 13 percent believed that downloading copyrighted video was morally okay.

Thus, streaming copyrighted content is somehow perceived as more acceptable for some odd reason. The 5 percent difference between the moral acceptability of music and video downloading is another mystery that is left unexplained.

Overall, this survey shows how malleable peoples’ perceptions are when it comes to copyright issues online, with approval rates swaying back and forth between different types of media and the various distribution platforms.

Source: TorrentFreak

Spoiler: IRC opinions

[03:25] http://torrentfreak.com/watching-porn-onli...g-music-100113/
[03:25]

[03:25] :#
[03:25] I'll be honest
[03:25] well I wouldn't know what to think if my wife were watching porn
[03:25] porn bores me
[03:25] tbh
[03:25] if I do it it's fine of course
[03:25] it's because the lord of the rings characters live in new zealand and they're afraid they'll enforce the law in a brutal way if they pirate the movies
[03:25] * Granville hides
[03:25] Course it's fine, nothing wrong with a man's wife watching lesbo porn
[03:26] dice would you join us on this fine night for a few rounds in CHG?
[03:26] i'd be more upset if my wife was making it
[03:26] having said that I'd imagine that alot of porn online is obtained through illegal mean
[03:26] i used to watch porn till my search results retured hits like "triple anal fisting"
[03:26] lol dice
[03:26] then i gave up
[03:26] i wouldn't want my wife pirating pron
[03:26] so they contradict
[03:26] Nobody smart pays for porn
[03:26] i would never pay for porn
[03:26] tru josh
[03:26] thats retarted
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[Sterling]

Three letters: L O L
Four other letters:

That is astonishing.

 

[Hatsu]

Funny as hell.

 

[Panzer Tacticer]

Not surprising really.

If everyone does something, and no one thinks it's 'wrong', then it being illegal at the technical level means little to anyone.

People though know downloading is illegal, and not everyone does it, and thus is suffers a greater degree negative impression.

J-walking is illegal, but no one really cares. Speeding is illegal, and not everyone does it. Thus it's viewed harsher.

I wish fucking in the park was more acceptable

 

[House Spider]

Cool, porn is funny.

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

So what if I were to *gasp* ILLEGALLY DOWNLOAD PORN!?!

 

[The Catboy]

So what if I were to *gasp* ILLEGALLY DOWNLOAD PORN!?!

The internet would explode

 

[Man18]

So what if I were to *gasp* ILLEGALLY DOWNLOAD PORN!?!

The internet would explode

I know when i Dl pron i explode.

Stealing VS enjoying some porn.... i see their point.

 

[zeromac]

This is why i left New Zealand..

 

[GameSoul]

haha XDDX is gonna love this one.

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Interesting...

Is there anything like porn music, actually?

 

[Wabsta]

Interesting...

Is there anything like porn music, actually?

 

[outgum]

hey hey hey hey Now!

You wish your country was more like New Zealand, So then it would be deemed acceptable to watch porn in your country!

i also read in a magazine that is published in new zealand weekly that a survey done over 5000 Australians showed thats about 70% of australia would rather read a book than have sex with there partner! WTF?!

 

[spotanjo3]

So what if I were to *gasp* ILLEGALLY DOWNLOAD PORN!?!

The internet would explode

Better yet, the internet will caught a virus.

 

[outgum]

So what if I were to *gasp* ILLEGALLY DOWNLOAD PORN!?!

The internet would explode

Better yet, the internet will caught a virus.

That doesnt make sense....
The internet is already Full of viruses?

 

[Demonbart]

Hardly surprising since porn is what the internet is for, right?

 

[alidsl]

see rule #34 and #35

 

[Hop2089]

see rule #34 and #35

Those rules fail because rule 34 has exceptions and sometimes when there are exceptions rule 35 never happens

.

 

[Deleted_171835]

So what if I were to *gasp* ILLEGALLY DOWNLOAD PORN!?!

The internet would explode


Better yet, the internet will caught a virus.

That doesnt make sense....
The internet is already Full of viruses?

That doesn't make sense.

QUOTE

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"

The internet is not 'full' with viruses. If it was....

 

[bnwchbammer]

So what if I were to *gasp* ILLEGALLY DOWNLOAD PORN!?!

The internet would explode

I know when i Dl pron i explode.

Stealing VS enjoying some porn.... i see their point.

ewww. Heh, though the point you made, stealing vs enjoying some porn, I can understand why people would be morally opposed to stealing more than porn. Doesn't stop me from either one!