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How Litigation Only Spurred On P2P File Sharing

Posted by timothy on from the perverse-incentives dept.

littlekorea writes "The growth in peer-to-peer file sharing surged in response to efforts by the content industry to litigate over the past decade, according to a new study by a researcher at Melbourne's Monash University. Dr Rebecca Giblin explains why 'physical world' assumptions don't apply to the online world."

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  1. Correlation does not equal causation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    and first!

  2. Re:Learned about P2P from RIAA by Godskitchen · · Score: -1, Troll

    What the fuck are you talking about. The RIAA/MPAA have no morals? How people can rationalize stealing (yes, it's stealing) music, movies and video games off the internet just blows my mind. It is equivalent to going into a music store and taking a copy off the racks and walking about without paying. It's that simple. The people who do this have no morals, not the companies trying to protect their products.