Net piracy a ‘vote of no-confidence’
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- “Growing Internet piracy is a vote of no-confidence in existing business models and legal solutions” and, “should be a wake-up call for policy makers.”
So said European commissioner for the information society and telecoms Vivian Reding at a recent conference in Brussels.
Behind closed doors, movie and music industry lobbyists are still desperately trying to used their clients’ immense wealth and political weight to force malleable politicians into adopting the corporate Three Strikes plan.
Under it, alleged file sharers would be identified by ISPs and given three warnings to mend their ways before having their net connections cut off.
The mainstream media faithfully quote press ‘releases’ from Hollywood and the Big 4 record labels saying internet service providers are lining up to co-operate. And if you took these blatant self-interest puff pieces seriously, you’d think it’s a done deal with the US, Britain, France, South Korea, Spain, Australia and New Zealand, in particular, falling in line this element of the entertainment cartel campaign to gain complete control of who does what online, and how they do it.
But so far, not one country has formally and finally put the plan into practice and the vast majority of ISPs see the interests of their clients as priority concerns, and not those of the korporate kopyright kartells.
The row between broadband providers and the record industry over filesharing has turned public, with internet trade association ISPA nominating the BPI for its ‘Villain of the Year’ gong,” said The Register last year, going on:
“ISPA says the BPI makes this year’s villain list ‘for its heavy handed approach against consumers rather than engaging in constructive dialogue with the internet industry when dealing with filesharing’.”
ISPA also named Conservative leader David Cameron as a villain of the last 12 months “for buddying up with the music industry and trying to appeal to a younger audience”.
A year on, Piracy is increasingly being seen as `sexy` among young `digital natives`, said Reding, going on »»»
Does our present legal system for Intellectual Property Rights really live up to the expectations of the Internet generation? Have we considered all alternative options to repression?
Have we really looked at the issue through the eyes of a 16 year old? Or only from the perspective of law professors who grew up in the Gutenberg Age? Reding asked.
Stay tuned.
JN
The Register – SPs nominate UK record industry as top internet villain, January 15, 2008
vote of no-confidence – `Piracy is sexy` – Vivian Reding, July 10, 2009
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