Response to Recent Articles

I would just like to say that the internet is a grand thing. There are literally millions of links and information at the  will of my fingertips. School is easier to stay interested in, homework is easier to do, and it's almost too easy to keep in touch with my fellow humans around the world. But, how can something so useful, be so detrimental to the world of stealing, learning, and composing your own thoughts? Back in my pops day, the closest thing he had to a computer was his type writer and the library, there was a lot of work involved with research, plagiarism wasn't as big of a problem. Today, there is just too many resources for kids these days NOT to take advantage of. I mean, if there is a website I found, what is the chance that my professor will know to check this website out of ALL of the millions on the topic on the internet? Piracy, for example, is just another way of taking too much advantage of the internet. That video that was just for "promotional use" is now at my disposal and has taken a sit on my computer for the long haul. Is it fair? No. But it's just like leaving a car unlocked in front of a car thief. If you wanted it so badly, you would've kept it locked. Direct that mentality to all the articles, music, and resources on the internet. It' just too good and easy for us to pass up, especially since easy is all college kids and students want. Is there a way to stop it? Even in my scholarly article pick, it explains that any way we try to censor out the plagiarism and piracy, it violates basic rights. Looks like this stuff is in it for the long haul, no matter what these authors have to say.