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Warner Brothers Hiring Undercover Anti-Pirates
An anonymous reader writes "TorrentFreak reports that Warner Brothers UK is hiring college students with an IT background to participate in an internship that will pit them against pirates on the Web in an effort to crack down on illegal digital distribution. The intern will literally be on the front-lines of the epic battle against pirated content, ensnaring users in incriminating transactions, issuing takedown requests, and causing general frustration amongst the file-sharing population on the Internet."
Because it upsets the I want everything for free crowd on /.
Rather than exploit the free publicity and growth of revenue, they fight against the rising tides with their swords. If the movie and music industries collapse, it will not be due to piracy, but anti-piracy.
Why was this modded, "Insightful"? There wasn't anything the least bit interesting, insightful, or even true in it?
Since when is stealing, "free publicity"? And contrary to your assertions, what proof do you have which indicates stealing directly translates into increased revenue? Furthermore, your "swords" isn't even accurate; its their, "pens." We're talking attorneys, not armies. Lastly, they show no signs of collapse.
So to summarize, you said, "I still shit because I'm ignorant." And then someone said, "Wow! That's insightful!" If you would stop believing your own BS, you'd be laughing at your post - as I am.
Good for you!
"NO OFFICER! I did NOT steal his wallet! I was freely promoting and advertising his spending potential! What?! I get a Scoobie snack?! Wow! Like zoinks! I thought I was in trouble for a second."
And just FYI, the often claimed "viral boost" pushed by pirates actually have no proof. Thus far, we have equal evidence the "viral boost" actually bring some portion of profits sooner - not more profits. In other words, there is no proof that stealing actually increases sales; only that it may bring profits slighter sooner.