File sharing rises in Hong Kong
p2p news / p2pnet: P2p file sharing is either being “contained” or “steadily pushed back”.
Both views are simultaneously espoused by John Kennedy who runs the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industries) jointly owned by the Big Four record labels, Sony BMG, Vivendi Universal, Warner Music and EMI.
The organization also helps the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department (HHIPD) with statistics and the latter’s 2005 survey admits the number of file-sharers has almost doubled from 3.5% in 2004 to 6.8%, says a Business and Finance News, Hong Kong, story.
HHIPD director Stephen Selby cleary hadn’t read the IFPI’s latest disinformation piece.
An enthusiastic advocate of introducing intellectual property law into junior school class-rooms, Selby says his department now needs to, “focus on public education, enforcement and legislation in this area”.
This year, “we shall look more closely at legal downloading of files on the Internet to see whether that is gaining more public acceptance,” Selby is quoted as saying by Business and Finance News.
Selby said the TV announcement featuring California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and movie star Jackie Chan, “has attracted people’s attention, adding another series of TV publicity messages is in the pipeline,” the story adds.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong children are being recruited as Hollywood copyright spies by the HK Customs and Excise Department.
(Thanks, Michael)
Also See:
Business and Finance News – Peer-to-peer file sharing on rise: survey, January 19, 2006
simultaneously espoused – Record labels threaten ISPs, January 20, 2006
people’s attention – Schwarzenegger in MPAA movie, November 18, 2005
recruited – Child copyright spies, January 20, 2006
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