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After Sweden's New Law, a Major Drop In Internet Traffic
iamnot writes "The new IPRED law came into effect in a big way in Sweden on April 1st. A news report has come out showing that internet traffic dropped by 30% from March 31st to April 1st. A lawyer from the Swedish anti-piracy agency was quoted as saying that the drop in traffic 'sends a very strong signal that the legislation works.' Is the new law, which allows for copyright holders to request the identification of people sharing files, truly curing people of their evil ways? Or perhaps it is just taking some time for Swedish downloaders to figure out the new IPREDator VPN system from The Pirate Bay."
Legislating against both the technology development and society development is a great way to keep back humanity. Congratulations Henrik Pontén, you've succeeded to stomp on the break of humanity's accelerating steps of knowledge. At least for a couple of days. If you're lucky perhaps even for a week! You're the greatest! Now, please run along and forbid axes so we can go back to using rocks...
You forgot the first rule.
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