Former EMI Exec Says Fight against P2P Is Futile
Former EMI Exec Says Fight against P2P Is Futile
Posted 02/16/2009 at 5:04pm
| by Pulkit Chandna
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The entertainment industry hasn’t met with much success during its battle against illegal fire sharing. It is foolish to believe that industry insiders, including some of the most ardent of anti-p2p zealots, are not cognizant of the futility of their anti-p2p campaign. They are just reluctant to concede that their approach has proved to be ineffective.
However, a former EMI director, Per Eirik Johansen, has acquired enough strength to freely speak his mind on the issue of piracy, now that he doesn’t owe his allegiance to anyone apart from himself.
Johansen told Dagbladet, a Swedish magazine, that the ongoing fight against file sharing is useless. He believes that as copyright violations continue unabated, a fresh approach is needed - one that is more practical. "No one has ever won a battle when fighting against new technology," Johansen warned.
Image Credit: NRK
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JAshtonX
February 27, 2009 at 7:53am
Those who priate probably wouldnt by a legit copy anyways therefor they are not losing money, and some people might like the what they got enough to actually go buy a legit copy of it.
Keith E. Whisman
February 17, 2009 at 11:38am
That is exactly what I do when I'm passing gas in public.
Alphadog
February 17, 2009 at 9:03am
By the picture, this guy's either doing a Rodney Dangerfield impression...or he's throwing some serious air quotes.
Jox
February 16, 2009 at 9:21pm
That's why I always chose the Psilons when playing Master of Orion.
-Jox
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