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[RaiDK]

http://www.dailytech...px?newsid=18815

Pretty interesting article. Basically, Obama has announced a huge crackdown on piracy, including the means to persecute people who they think will engage in piracy in the future.

Your thoughts?

[BeefJeRKy]

This isn't going to work. I think it might just spur more piracy. While I have turned my back on piracy for the most part over the last year, I think for the music industry, file sharing can help popularize an artist or a song. Get it viral, and most people will really want to download it/acquire it. Sure a certain percentage will torrent/P2p the song, but this is the most free publicity you can get. Studies tend to point that less piracy will increase marketing costs by a great deal and that the "reclaimed downloads" would barely cover this cost.

[Alias]

I think the most worrying part of it is:

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According to the Obama administration, the RIAA, and MPAA, the world economy is pretty much doomed if we don't start prosecuting pirates at home and abroad.

The US government has no jurisdiction over me.

[RaiDK]

Pretty much. Though I'd hope that would involve other countries to start doing the same and not trying to persecute them directly.

[Chyros]

Alias, on 24 Jun 2010, 1:31, said:

I think the most worrying part of it is:

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According to the Obama administration, the RIAA, and MPAA, the world economy is pretty much doomed if we don't start prosecuting pirates at home and abroad.

The US government has no jurisdiction over me.

No, but if Australia turns out to have a lot of oil, it gives them a reason to attack your country (OMG there is a pirate in Australia, nuke nuke nuke) .

[Warlock]

I seriously doubt this will work, I don't think they can get everyone for piracy

[Dutchygamer]

Piracy can't be stopped. Not even the President of the most powerful country (or second most powerful depending on your opinion) can't stop it. It only worries me that those harrasing clubs like RIAA and similar now think that they have more power then ever (and harras us even more) because Obama backs them up.

[CodeCat]

scopeJim, on 24 Jun 2010, 0:17, said:

This isn't going to work. I think it might just spur more piracy. While I have turned my back on piracy for the most part over the last year, I think for the music industry, file sharing can help popularize an artist or a song. Get it viral, and most people will really want to download it/acquire it. Sure a certain percentage will torrent/P2p the song, but this is the most free publicity you can get. Studies tend to point that less piracy will increase marketing costs by a great deal and that the "reclaimed downloads" would barely cover this cost.

I argued this a while ago here in some other topic. Given the fact that someone has a limited amount of money and is therefore not going to buy everything, there is no 'lost sale' if they wouldn't have bought it anyway. In this context it's better for the artist/company if people download and share stuff for free than if nobody gets it at all. It's free publicity after all. Just think about it: how many people have convinced you that a game was good enough to pay for (and so you did buy it), when they themselves didn't pay for it? That's the benefit of sharing for you.

[Major Fuckup]

Chyros, on 24 Jun 2010, 13:58, said:

Alias, on 24 Jun 2010, 1:31, said:

I think the most worrying part of it is:

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According to the Obama administration, the RIAA, and MPAA, the world economy is pretty much doomed if we don't start prosecuting pirates at home and abroad.

The US government has no jurisdiction over me.

No, but if Australia turns out to have a lot of oil, it gives them a reason to attack your country (OMG there is a pirate in Australia, nuke nuke nuke) .

What are you talking about we have a lot of oil but we are waiting for the arabs to run out first. Im not worried about being busted for piracy either.

[Dr. Strangelove]

While I think that ideally we shouldn't have piracy, It just seems that there is no way to stop it, and IP heavy industries will just have to adapt.

Alias, on 24 Jun 2010, 0:31, said:

I think the most worrying part of it is:

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According to the Obama administration, the RIAA, and MPAA, the world economy is pretty much doomed if we don't start prosecuting pirates at home and abroad.

The US government has no jurisdiction over me.

Welcome to international law and legislation through treaty-signing.

Chyros, on 24 Jun 2010, 6:58, said:

Alias, on 24 Jun 2010, 1:31, said:

I think the most worrying part of it is:

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According to the Obama administration, the RIAA, and MPAA, the world economy is pretty much doomed if we don't start prosecuting pirates at home and abroad.

The US government has no jurisdiction over me.

No, but if Australia turns out to have a lot of oil, it gives them a reason to attack your country (OMG there is a pirate in Australia, nuke nuke nuke) .

They do have a lot of Uranium, but Canada is closer...

[Alias]

I think this is worthwhile a watch.