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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
For a lot of people, the internet has directly replaced libraries for a lot of the things they used to go there to do. Research, fact checking, casual reading, all that can be done without leaving home, or even getting dressed if you don't want to.
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This explains quite a bit about the education level of many internet users. People actually pretend that wikipedia represents some sort of academic standard. I wouldn't consider this progress.
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It shouldn't really come as any surprise that people would turn to the internet for their disposable entertainment media in the same way, for the same reasons. If there was a legal alternative people would use that instead of turning to pirate sites.
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In another thread somewhere I posted the top pirated music from last year. It was all READILY available - legally - on multiple sites.