Teens wonder where their songs should come from
Legally old enough teens cannot buy songs from online services legitimately, because they all require a credit card, which not many teens have. Not only is this helping to drive the piracy rate among teens, it also illustrates another critical piece of information on why piracy is so rampant. The original problem of piracy is one of the service providers not giving consumers what they want. Let me explain. If someone made a way for teens (the biggest pirates out there according to studies) a way to legitimately get music, many would do it. Teens get sucked in by friends when there is no other alternative. As with drugs, clothes, electronics, and other stuff, teens will go where they have to to get what they want, and not just teens but people in general. People in general however (meaning adults) have a means with credit cards in their name to buy music. It is the same conundrum as the music to the mass deal before when Napster was being sued. Give the people what they want and they will come running, especially the younger generation. Why do you think MySpace is so popular?
