If I had meant cars I would have said cars.
In Switzerland, just as in dozens of other countries, the entertainment industries online piracy is not illegal.
In a response, the Swiss government has been conducting a study into the impact downloading has on society, and this week their findings were presented.
When approached by media outlets they began to reconsider their stance on online Piracy and began a study to determine what damage (if any) Piracy was causing. The overall conclusion of the study is that the current copyright law, under which downloading copyrighted material for personal use is permitted, doesn’t have to change.
Their report begins with noting that when it comes to copying files, the Internet has proven a game-changer. While the photocopier, audio cassette tape and VCR allowed users to make good quality copies of various media, these devices lacked a in-built distribution method. The world-wide web changed all that.
Distribution method or not, the entertainment industries have opposed all these technological inventions out of fear that their businesses would be crushed. This is not the right response according to the Swiss government, which favors the option of putting technology to good use instead of taking the repressive approach.
“Every time a new media technology has been made available, it has always been ‘abused’. This is the price we pay for progress. Winners will be those who are able to use the new technology to their advantages and losers those who missed this development and continue to follow old business models,” the report notes.
Their report begins with noting that when it comes to copying files, the Internet has proven a game-changer. While the photocopier, audio cassette tape and VCR allowed users to make good quality copies of various media, these devices lacked a in-built distribution method. The world-wide web changed all that.
Distribution method or not, the entertainment industries have opposed all these technological inventions out of fear that their businesses would be crushed. This is not the right response according to the Swiss government, which favors the option of putting technology to good use instead of taking the repressive approach.
“Every time a new media technology has been made available, it has always been ‘abused’. This is the price we pay for progress. Winners will be those who are able to use the new technology to their advantages and losers those who missed this development and continue to follow old business models,” the report notes.
Lets say I pirate a movie like Jurassic World, you'll have no problem finding a seeders or leachers for a blockbuster movie like that.
Jurassic world had a budget of $150 million
Jurassic world made a profit of $1.6 Billion
Now how is my downloading this movie illegally crushing this blockbusters takings, considering the fact I saw it in the Cinema twice myself.