D'Juhn Keep on 27/12/2007 at 11:45
"Tha answer to this problem is to close down the websites providing the illegal downloads and implement severe penalites for those running them."
Thanks Roger, they'd never have thought of that without you
scumble on 27/12/2007 at 15:45
People also forget that the costs of trying to enforce penalties are likely to be way in excess of the "loss" to the industry. Taxes will go up and we'll have even less money to spend on music and films. Everyone pays in the end, but some people get to make some more money in the short term, and they tend to have the lobbying influence.
It may also be used as an excuse to try and control internet services for other purposes further down the line, but I'm skeptical about the government actually being able to pull that off.
ACT SMILEY on 27/12/2007 at 23:22
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I'm skeptical about the government actually being able to pull that off.
Why? They might generally be inept, but they do seem to do quite well at those sort of things, even if it generally costs absurd amounts.
Rug Burn Junky on 28/12/2007 at 04:51
Quote Posted by Times Online
The UK Film Council estimates that film piracy cost the industry more than £800 million in 2005. Shrek 2 and Star Wars: the Revenge of the Sith were both available through file-sharing networks before their cinematic release. Several of this year’s Oscar contenders, including Atonement, The Kite Runner and I Am Legend, have also appeared illegally online.
I Am Legend's out online?
fake-edit/ Ohhh, the DVD Screener that's out is pretty damn good quality. Thanks for the heads up! I know what I'm watching tonight.
scumble on 28/12/2007 at 11:25
Quote Posted by ACT SMILEY
Why? They might generally be inept, but they do seem to do quite well at those sort of things, even if it generally costs absurd amounts.
Maybe, but the decentralised nature of the internet isn't so amenable to central control. Well, we shall see what happens.
Starrfall on 28/12/2007 at 16:07
How could anyone possibly have needed to download that FUCKING beautiful girls song it was on the radio every fifteen minutes last summer.
Paz on 28/12/2007 at 18:20
Tapes are hard to come by now, ever since home recording killed music.
Printer's Devil on 28/12/2007 at 18:53
Somehow I doubt that even a perfect crackdown would suddenly result in anything close to 800 million pounds in recovered sales. I don't doubt that our governments will waste close to that amount trying, however. Imagine their chagrin after they become the unpaid enforcement arm of the entertainment industry and that juicy revenue never materializes.
