The majority of people have no issue with illegally downloading files, according to a study by Danish academics, that looked at today's moral standards, compared to ten years ago.
Seventy percent of those surveyed said they had no problem with regards to file sharing for personal use. The survey asked people to rate on a scale from 1 to 10 how socially acceptable certain acts were. When it came to downloading pirated materials for personal use, 7 in 10 people felt that it was "generally okay" with 15 to 20 percent of the group concluding that there was nothing wrong with it whatsoever.
However, three-fourths of those who responded found it completely unacceptable to sell the material for a profit.
Elsewhere in the survey, it was found that tax evasion tolerance has fallen over the past ten years. However, the acceptance of social welfare fraud has risen, despite an crack down in recent times. Unsurprisingly, in almost every case, women were found to be more moral than men. The only exception was in taking early retirement, which men found to be more of an issue.
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