http://www.p2pnet.net/story/539 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:07:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/539#comment-13351 Reader's Write Tue, 10 May 2005 22:06:49 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/539#comment-13351 The strong arm of the RIAA in trying to suggest that online piracy has "had a devastating impact on our industry... significantly decreasing sales for international and local repertoire alike" is a huge misrepresentation. As a Canadian expatriate living in South Korea, I can put a rather unique perspective on the issue. You can't go out and buy a CD or DVD at your local HMV or Tower Records or Blockbuster video... BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXIST HERE! South Korea doesn't have a market for such commodities because the product isn't available and neither are outlets who supply and sell such items. Sure... sales are low in Korea, not because of piracy, but due to unavailability of product. So the next time the RIAA or the MPAA complains about somebody in Korea downloading copyrighted materials "illegally", ask them why I have to wait a year and a half for a movie that was released in North America to come here or why I have to travel to Japan to buy their products. It's comparing apples to oranges and outright propaganda on behalf of the cartels... don't be duped! The strong arm of the RIAA in trying to suggest that online piracy has “had a devastating impact on our industry… significantly decreasing sales for international and local repertoire alike” is a huge misrepresentation. As a Canadian expatriate living in South Korea, I can put a rather unique perspective on the issue. You can’t go out and buy a CD or DVD at your local HMV or Tower Records or Blockbuster video… BECAUSE THEY DON’T EXIST HERE! South Korea doesn’t have a market for such commodities because the product isn’t available and neither are outlets who supply and sell such items. Sure… sales are low in Korea, not because of piracy, but due to unavailability of product. So the next time the RIAA or the MPAA complains about somebody in Korea downloading copyrighted materials “illegally”, ask them why I have to wait a year and a half for a movie that was released in North America to come here or why I have to travel to Japan to buy their products. It’s comparing apples to oranges and outright propaganda on behalf of the cartels… don’t be duped!

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