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Now Published: Study Showing Pirate Bay Blockade Has No Effect
First time accepted submitter Neelix21 writes "Last week a Dutch court decided that the blockade of the Pirate Bay website was ineffective and disproportionate. The academic study that measured this effect has now been published: 'This paper studies the effectiveness of this approach towards online copyright enforcement, using both a consumer survey and a newly developed non-infringing technology for BitTorrent monitoring. While a small group of respondents download less from illegal sources or claim to have stopped doing so, no impact is found on the percentage of the Dutch population downloading from illegal sources.' The torrent monitoring technique also shows that if you are downloading a public torrent, anyone can find out." Happily, the linked paper is not paywalled.
No, the real non news is when people believe they are entitled to something, they will continue to find ways to steal it.
Agreed. I'm sure the RIAA/MIAA, who feel entitled to private profits gained via artificial scarcity and government backed monopolies, will continue to look for other ways to steal from the public.
It's not theft, please stop.
It is a violation of copyright law. i.e. infringement.
Nothing was taken from anyone. You are buying into the PR of organization that are well known for abusing the law.
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But something was taken. A copy was taken.
No, something was *created*. A copy was *made*.
No sig today...