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Former EMI Exec Says Fight against P2P Is Futile

Posted 02/16/09 at 07:04:53 PM by Pulkit Chandna

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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Those who priate probably
Submitted by JAshtonX on Fri, 02/27/2009 - 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.

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That is exactly what I do
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 11:38am

That is exactly what I do when I'm passing gas in public.

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Huh...I get no respect!
Submitted by Alphadog on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 9:03am

By the picture, this guy's either doing a Rodney Dangerfield impression...or he's throwing some serious air quotes.

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That's why I always chose
Submitted by Jox on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 9:21pm

That's why I always chose the Psilons when playing Master of Orion.

-Jox

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