“Connect with music fans, don’t punish them!’
p2pnet news view Music | P2P | Politics:- “In all the coverage of Lord Mandelson’s sudden support for a ‘three strikes’ policy to tackle unauthorised file sharing, few people are asking the key questions: how will kicking file sharers off the internet based on accusations (not convictions) of multiple attempts to share unauthorised content actually help the entertainment industry make money? How will it actually make anyone buy anything more from the industry?” Excellent questions, and asking them is TechDirt’s Mike Masnick (right) in Britain’s Telegraph . They’re particularly apt given the renewed emphasis on ACTA, the entertainment industry’s Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
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“Connect with music fans, don’t punish them!’
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