Inside the Mind of a 9 Year Old File-Sharer
Written by enigmax on October 21, 2007Everyone knows that a significant number of file-sharers are teenagers and young adults and they get their share of press. But what about the true kids - the under 10’s ? TorrentFreak makes itself feel old trying to keep up with the agile mind of a 9 year old file-sharer.
Like most publications, here at TorrentFreak we regularly interview adults. However, when a recent conversation with a child turned to file-sharing, we took the opportunity to give the P2P kids a voice. We had a little chat with a 9 year old girl who wants to be called “Hannah” (after Hannah Montana) and she talks to us about LimeWire, BEBO, YouTube and her perception of the rights and wrongs of copying - even her frustrations with DRM.
“Never work with children or animals” said WC Fields. TorrentFreak takes a chance:
TF. Hi Hannah! How old are you?
- I’m 10 in 12 days
TF. What sort of music are you listening to right now?
Sean Kingstone, Shayne Ward and High School Musical 2
TF. Where did you first get into music?
- On the music channels, on MTV.
TF. When did you get a PC?
- People had computers but I couldn’t go on them but my Dad bought me one last year. I have internet.
TF. What do you do on the internet?
- MSN, talking to friends and cousins, games and dressing-up games [dolls]
TF. When did you first start using the internet to get music?
- My cousin showed me YouTube and then LimeWire and I was like “whoa cool!”
TF. What was cool about it?
- Because you can put anything in and it will come up and you don’t actually pay for it. Well you have to pay for the internet and LimeWire comes with the internet but you have to pay for that so LimeWire isn’t really free.
TF. Ok…I see….Do you get music from anywhere else?
- My cousin gets it from BEBO. She copies it from other people’s pages and puts it on her own.
TF. Do you think it’s ok to copy the music?
- Yes it’s ok because she only does it to make her page better.
TF. So you’re sure that it’s ok to copy it? What do you think about copying?
- I suppose it’s not ok to copy but people copied it off her site so she just copies theirs. It’s like, you’re copying my t-shirt so i’m copying you on shoes.
TF. Ok, so a bit like copying school work?….Hmm….ok, let’s talk about copying on the computer again. When you started using LimeWire, did anyone ever mention that if you did certain things you might be breaking some laws?
- Why would they put it [music] on the internet and invent mp3 players if it was against the law?
TF. Confusing isn’t it?….You mentioned you like Sean Kingstone - what if I told you that Sean Kingstone’s boss might send you a letter asking for money because you shared his album on LimeWire? What would you say to him?
- W.E! [whatever!]
TF. Come on, play along with me. What would you say if he did?
- I’d say “tooooo strict!” and anyway he can’t make me do anything. He’s not the boss of me, he’s the boss of Sean Kingstone.
TF. What do you think might happen if you didn’t pay him?
- Nothing. I’m too young to be charged by the government so he can’t charge me.
TF. Would you carry on using LimeWire after he sent the letter?
- Yeah!
TF. Why?
- Because you can get good albums off there. Duh!! My CD’s don’t work in my mp3 player so LimeWire is the only way to do it. I bought High School Musical 2 on CD but it won’t go on my mp3 [player]
TF. How would you make LimeWire better?
- To speak to the person sending the music to make sure they send the right one, sometimes they send stuff that doesn’t even play.
TF. Do you know what a pirate is?
- They have parrots [effects 'arrrrr']
TF. Do you think its legal or illegal to copy a CD or DVD?
- Some men right, they sell you a DVD at the market but when you get home it doesn’t play, that’s illegal.
TF. Why is it illegal?
- Duh!! Because they tell you it works and when you get it home it’s rubbish and jumps in the middle and its a waste of money!
TF. Do you think you should be paying for stuff off LimeWire? You have to buy CD’s from the shop…
- You have to pay for CD’s because they’re actually on a disc not on the computer. My cousin, right, she uses LimeWire when she doesn’t have any money for CDs.
TF. Did you ever download anything by anybody and then go to see them?
- I got stuff by Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe and then I went to see Blue. Why don’t you ask me what my favorite hobby is?
TF. Ok, what’s your favorite hobby?
- Dancing to music, it’s fun!!
Thankyou, Hannah. That’s it! Have a nice birthday!
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[quote comment="271285"]For you people who think a 9/10 year old doesn’t talk like that…you don’t get around kids much do you? (except maybe your own.) 10 is the new 13! My seven year old could give similar responses and easily use limewire if I showed her the ropes. (She’s very computer literate.) But I’m not going to teach her because my ISP limits me! (And the possibility of my hard drive being full of barbie songs doesn’t thrill me…) BTW, I have six kids.
23,21,18,16,14 and 7. All the teens and 21 year old are into limewire. Me and the 18 year old use utorrent, I also use azeurs (sp.) and my 23 year, well, he probably uses everything. (he has speed, i don’t).
It was a cute article with a fresh view…everyone can’t like everything…I enjoyed it..made me smile…would be interesting to compare interviews from each age group or generation side by side just for kicks…(any 70 year olds out there to interview?)
my parrot it calling me…[/quote]
i know listen i am 10 yeares old barbie songs are STUPID!!!!!
[quote comment="227416"]this 9 year old is a bich cuz you are not hannah momtana ok and if you sang me a song it won’t be good so YOU ARE GUST A LITTLE 2 YEAR OLD WHO LIKE HANNAH MONTANA.
P.S. I AM HANNAH MOMTANA BYE FANS I LOVE YOU[/quote]
no u are not i am because if u were then i would be a nobody so HA HA HA in ur face!!!!!!!
[quote comment="242493"][quote comment="242486"]i think she is spoild and not to be mean but if i was her mom i could have not have handle her.[/quote]
[quote comment="227419"]HEY FANS HOW ARE YOU. LOOK 9 YEAR OLD SHUT UP. CUS YOU ARE NOT HANNAH MONTANA YOU ARE A liar. I Am not HANNAH MONTANA OK I WISH PEOPLE WOULD STOP SAYING THEY ARE THE REAL HANNAH MONTANA CUS YOU ARE NOT i AM not
P.S I PROMIES I AM HANNAH MONTANA[/quote][/quote]
guys listen i read this whole thing can u all stop i am the real Hannah Montana aka Miley Cyrus ok!!!!!!!!
[quote comment="242493"][quote comment="242486"]i think she is spoild and not to be mean but if i was her mom i could have not have handle her.[/quote]
[quote comment="227419"]HEY FANS HOW ARE YOU. LOOK 9 YEAR OLD SHUT UP. CUS YOU ARE NOT HANNAH MONTANA YOU ARE A liar. I Am not HANNAH MONTANA OK I WISH PEOPLE WOULD STOP SAYING THEY ARE THE REAL HANNAH MONTANA CUS YOU ARE NOT i AM not
P.S I PROMIES I AM HANNAH MONTANA[/quote][/quote]
guys listen i read this whole thing can u all stop i am the real Hannah Montana aka Miley Cyrus ok!!!!!!!! lol
HI guys i love u all oh and that girl that is saying u are hannah montana is going to get in trouble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[quote comment="299521"][quote comment="242493"][quote comment="242486"]i think she is spoild and not to be mean but if i was her mom i could have not have handle her.[/quote]
[quote comment="227419"]HEY FANS HOW ARE YOU. LOOK 9 YEAR OLD SHUT UP. CUS YOU ARE NOT HANNAH MONTANA YOU ARE A liar. I Am not HANNAH MONTANA OK I WISH PEOPLE WOULD STOP SAYING THEY ARE THE REAL HANNAH MONTANA CUS YOU ARE NOT i AM not
P.S I PROMIES I AM HANNAH MONTANA[/quote][/quote]
guys listen i read this whole thing can u all stop i am the real Hannah Montana aka Miley Cyrus ok!!!!!!!! lol[/quote]
but do u belive me because i really am hanah montana aka miley cyrus and if u don`t beleive me here is my dad am i hannah montana dad here he is typeing dad: yes people she is hannah montana
[quote comment="250683"]oh and by the way that was not hannah montana[/quote]
[quote comment="299521"][quote comment="242493"][quote comment="242486"]i think she is spoild and not to be mean but if i was her mom i could have not have handle her.[/quote]
[quote comment="227419"]HEY FANS HOW ARE YOU. LOOK 9 YEAR OLD SHUT UP. CUS YOU ARE NOT HANNAH MONTANA YOU ARE A liar. I Am not HANNAH MONTANA OK I WISH PEOPLE WOULD STOP SAYING THEY ARE THE REAL HANNAH MONTANA CUS YOU ARE NOT i AM not
P.S I PROMIES I AM HANNAH MONTANA[/quote][/quote]
guys listen i read this whole thing can u all stop i am the real Hannah Montana aka Miley Cyrus ok!!!!!!!! lol[/quote]
but do u belive me because i really am hanah montana aka miley cyrus and if u don`t beleive me here is my dad am i hannah montana dad here he is typeing dad: yes people she is hannah montana
[quote comment="289846"]Im 9 and you guys are waaaaayyyy off[/quote]
Hey I am Hannah Montana AKA Miley Cyrus and here is my dad typeing Dad: yes everybody she is hannah montana AKA miley cyrus
Kids are our future,
http://kidzstuffz.com
[quote comment="191940"]I fucking hate kids.
What a fucking dumb bitch.[/quote]
stop fucking swearig bitch
that didn’t sound like a 9 year old…
There should be stricter laws against the pirating of music. If the music industry becomes profitless, there will be a lot less music around.
If that imbecilic little girl is a representation of future music connoisseurs, then the repercussions of pirating should be taught more vigorously and at a significantly younger age.
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Wat is this?
Sure we need to change the law if it’s wrong. Start with the Patriot Act, move on to a few hundred other pieces of legislation, then a few thousand executive orders, and void a couple dozen international treaties. At some point we’ll get down to the level of intellectual feudalism.
When someone demonstrates that America CAN change a law, merely because a large majority of the PUBLIC wants to (i.e. against the interests of corporations and capital), then I’ll take this argument seriously.
She’s right though… why would they sell a worthless CD that you can’t even rip to your computer because of the DRM? I don’t know about you, but I don’t carry around my CD player so I can listen to one artist. The whole reason mp3 players were invented is to make the whole process simpler and more compact. You SHOULD have to pay for music… its only fair to the artist, but the RIAA SHOULDNT cheat us out of our money.
Sean Kingston, another example how you can dress excrement hand it a mike and market as “the shit” and people will hand over their loot for a cd jewelcase filled with poop. I think record companies deserve what they get for pushing crap like Sean Kingston out into the world.
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