Copyright Common Sense From Telecom Ericsson

An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from a story at Torrentfreak: "Entertainment industry lobby groups often describe file-sharers as thieves who refuse to pay for any type of digital content. But not everyone agrees with this view. Swedish telecom giant Ericsson sees copyright abuse as the underlying cause of the piracy problem. In a brilliant article, Rene Summer, Director of Government and Industry Relations at Ericsson, explains how copyright holders themselves actually breed pirates by clinging to outdated business methods. The most vocal rightsholder groups would ideally turn the Internet into a virtual police state, and at the other end of the spectrum there are groups that want to abolish copyright entirely.'"

Comments

Re:easy to judge others

[westlake]

It seems that whenever someone has the solution for copyright problems, it always involves somebody else making sacrifices

Or, to put it another way, the "outdated business method" is to expect payment for something which cost $200 million to produce.

Sacrifice takes many forms.

Pixar can go producing amiable kid-safe titles like "Cars 2" with very little financial risk.

It is the animated film with an adult intelligence and impeccable geek cred like "The Incredibles" and "Wall-E" that is in danger.

Want me to be honest?

[VAElynx]

I'd be rather you put your modeling skills to use in industry - stuff like finite element analysis and such.
Unlike the other two occupations, it's useful for something.