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Copyright Isn't Working, Says EU Technology Chief Neelie Kroes
superglaze writes "Against the backdrop of governments and courts around the world ordering ISPs to block file-sharing sites, European commissioner Neelie Kroes has said people have started to see copyright as 'a tool to punish and withhold, not a tool to recognise and reward. ... Citizens increasingly hear the word copyright and hate what is behind it,' the EU's digital chief said, adding that the copyright system also wasn't rewarding the vast majority of artists."
yeah. the US sucks. bla bla bla..
Every time i read something buy this guy I think of this
Too bad nobody takes the European Commission seriously anymore. The recent economic troubles have shrunk whatever credibility and influence the Commission had to subzero values. Now the people who matter are the national leaders, and the statements of the EU bureaucrats and MPs have completely dissolved in the noise.
Cameron wants to make the union "freer", Merkel wants to review the Lisbon treaty and who knows what Sarko will come up when her translator wakes up and we learn what's on her mind.
Maybe it is smarter to pay more attention to what happens in the larger EU countries, not listen to what the near-defunct EU bureaucracy is saying.
Copyright works perfectly. The aim of copyright is to prevent an individual or company from profiting from the works of others, in order to allow the creator to enjoy the profits of their works.
Piracy is theft because piracy deevaluates the value of the digital product being pirated.
The whole attempt to abolish copyright is just big huge hypocricy. People claim copyright no longer works because they simply want to enjoy movies, songs, books and video games for free.
Politicians are attempting to ride this anti-copyright wave in order to get more publicity and more votes.
DRM-free media would never work for companies, because they would be copied all over the globe the instant they would be released, bringing profits down to almost zero.
Before the internet, before p2p networks and before bittorrent, there were almost no complaints about copyright, because piracy was untraceable: you physically copied the tapes or cds, no one could trace that. Nowadays that the goods are within a click's reach, but downloads can be traced, there is suddenly a movement against copyright!
And please, do not tell me it is for the artists. The artists are being royally screwed for as long as there is copyright, but no one gave a damn until media could be downloaded so easily.
> yeah. the US sucks. bla bla bla..
La la la I can't hear you won't help anyone.
CmdrPony might be trolling, I don't even know him/her... surely it sucks hearing over and over again that you suck, but instead of mocking those who complain, it would be better to do something. And by somethng, I mean change yourselves and not just make fun of those who question your moronic ways. This is so childish.
If you're fed up with complaints, how do you think we feel about the USA, Russia and China (and btw, those annoying dwarfs: North Korea, Israel and Iran)?
Isn't it past time you grow up? Everytime someone disagrees with you, you all throw a tantrum. And not only that, you start threatening others and find the first hapless victim in your "let's hurt them" list, which you have prepared beforehand, and make him pay for your bad mood.
Now you just come up with "I'm fed up with those who don't like US". Come on, give a break. The fact you can make pretty drawings about BS doesn't change its smell. It is still BS.