Damn the stats!

Garp · 21-12-2009, 20:07

http://arst.ch/bi1

Love it. So the P2P sharing figures are going down etc, and evidence clearly shows people are moving towards legitimate sources but still big business is trying to push through laws in the UK that could seriously impact your internet access. That's even with the UK's All Party Parliamentary Communications Group concluding that "much of the problem with illegal sharing of copyrighted material has been caused by the rightsholders, and the music industry in particular, being far too slow in getting their act together and making popular legal alternatives available."

No s**t sherlock. Seriously. Surely the significant growth in services like Pandora, Spotify et al. should be saying something? Successful business should be about giving the punters what they want, how they want, at a reasonable price they're happy to pay (be it actual cost or through advertising.) If you've got to push for legislation that infringes on people's rights, it's your business model that's wrong.

21-12-2009, 20:07	#1
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Damn the stats! http://arst.ch/bi1 Love it. So the P2P sharing figures are going down etc, and evidence clearly shows people are moving towards legitimate sources but still big business is trying to push through laws in the UK that could seriously impact your internet access. That's even with the UK's All Party Parliamentary Communications Group concluding that "much of the problem with illegal sharing of copyrighted material has been caused by the rightsholders, and the music industry in particular, being far too slow in getting their act together and making popular legal alternatives available." No st sherlock. Seriously. Surely the significant growth in services like Pandora, Spotify et al. should be saying something? Successful business should be about giving the punters what they want, how they want, at a reasonable price they're happy to pay (be it actual cost or through advertising.) If you've got to push for legislation that infringes on people's rights, it's your business model that's wrong. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash**: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

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