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The Pirates Will Always Win, Says UK ISP
TheEvilOverlord writes "The head of UK ISP TalkTalk, Charles Dunstone, has made the comment ahead of the communications minister's Digital Britain report that illegal downloading cannot be stopped. He said 'If you try speed humps or disconnections for peer-to-peer, people will simply either disguise their traffic or share the content another way. It is a game of Tom and Jerry and you will never catch the mouse. The mouse always wins in this battle and we need to be careful that politicians do not get talked into putting legislation in place that, in the end, ends up looking stupid.' Instead he advocates allowing users 'to get content easily and cheaply.'"
Take that, ninjas!
I wish my ISP would filter out all the car analogies for me.
What, exactly, are you thinking that | cat on the end is adding?
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In the Middle Ages the life of an actor was a lot harder than what it is likely to be when no movies are sold anymore in these periods of time. Cinema's, live concerts, and theatres will do the job for these still ridiculously rich group of people. So hit that download button, and save your money for the theatre.
If I had to look to the content creator in the eye every time I "pirated" something, I'd download the entire Metallica discography on a weekly basis and I don't even *like* Metallica.
Let's face it, pretty much everybody who downloads and quite a few of us who don't despise the RIAA and their so-called "artists", so appealing to people's consciences ain't gonna do much.
No problem is insoluble in all conceivable circumstances.