Today's kids "don't remember" how they learned to use the Internet

Published: August 14, 2007, 5:02 am

Tags: bit torrent, bittorrent, computers, copyright, file sharing, filesharing, internet, technology, torrent

Filed under: Computers, Internet, GamesI'm only 24, but I can very clearly remember when my dad bought our first home computer. I can remember the first time I used a chat room or sent an email, and what the Internet looked like before Web 2.0. But today's kids have grown up with computers and the Internet. For them it's an everyday reality, just like VCRs and color TVs were for my generation. In a recent study of European kids, researchers found that not only did children aged 9 and 10 report that they "couldn't remember" learning to use the Internet, but also that they were responsible for teaching their parents how to use the computer. What's also interesting is how kids view downloading music and file-sharing. While the vast majority of the children surveyed seemed to understand the basics of copyright law (essentially, that downloading or sharing music and games for free is illegal), that knowledge didn't stop anyone from doing it. Their responses included "everyone is

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