technoculture314-09

It is true that people cannot help themselves when faced with a new technology but are forced in some way to adopt it. Apparently, people always have pressure to keep up with information, whether it is about one pop star’s latest album or a blockbuster movie. People are able to expand their lives by using new technology. However, there is one incalculable problem: Soft lifting. For many, it becomes the most convenient way to experience new technologies, especially young people.The issue of Softlifting is controversial. Meanwhile, it is necessary to reflect on the question of why current anti-piracy program are targeted at young people. Initially, Softlifting is the software piracy. It includes illegal downloading and sharing software. Perhaps, the main drive derives from the financial factor. Since price determines how resources are to be used. Young people may not be financially stable; they are unlikely to spend money on software.

Moreover, one may argue that it is nothing wrong to share or copy software. From our deep rooted understanding, it is legal for people to share food and share book, but why it is illegal to share software. Well, to answer this question, moral constraints can be one vital aspect to look at. Accordingly, software is the individual property of creator. If people do not softlifting, then it must be showing respect to creator. Likewise, no one wants to share husband or wife with others in modern civilization.What is more, one study on young people’s participation in computer crime has drawn upon associations of adolescence with emotional and psychological turmoil, as well as with notions of ethical deficit underdevelopment. As a result, lack of moral constrains is the slippery slope to crime.