Comment Neelie (Kroes)
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[...] The right approach is the other way round: we should rather adapt practices to fit new digital opportunities. And today you can see the change, and the benefits, delivered by that. Just look at all those music streaming services, ever more popular and widespread. Some even talk of the "Spotify effect": that music piracy is no longer a problem in Sweden, because there's a good legal alternative. While for SACEM, in France, digital is now their third largest source of revenue, rising 40% in 5 years.
Agree totally. If there is a good, fast legal alternative people will use it. The problem in many areas is that connectivity is so slow its a lot easier to torrent files, and that is where pirates provide the service to people impatient to get the songs. You can leave a torrent running, whereas with itunes and stuff you have to be there for hours and then the download can still fail even when you have paid for it. Once connectivity is ubiquitous and affordable then we have to be ready with legal methods for obtaining material. As you say, the Spotify effect...
Chris Conder, 04/02/2013 14:52
In Sweden the Justice condemned the responsibles of The Pirate Bay, because it distinguishes between legal P2P and illegal P2P. Hadopi in France also condemned the illegal P2P. In countries that do not fight illegal P2P effectively, such as Spain, the "Spotify effect" does not exist: there is a good legal alternative (even free) to enjoy films, music and books online (see paginas-azules.com) but piracy is huge. Technology and copyright can go together, but before is necessary pedagogy and real consequences for copyright infringements.
Instituto Ibercrea, 05/02/2013 02:46
