French ‘Three Strikes’ Law Slashes Piracy, But Fails to Boost Sales

Re:French ‘Three Strikes’ Law Slashes Piracy, But Fails to B... by J3L2404 on Saturday March 31, 2012 @01:03PM (#3780803)

Whether you like or not copyright law still exists. It has been dismissed on message boards but has not been repealed.

When there is a viable mechanism of content creation it will gradually take over, just like every industry.

You can't tell people to give up their horse and buggy if the cars aren't ready yet.

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Re:French ‘Three Strikes’ Law Slashes Piracy, But Fails to B... by zanny on Sunday April 01, 2012 @12:41PM (#3784159)

All of the major historical changes of worth in terms of law and procedure all arose from doing things that were socially judged wrong but in hindsight we see they were right.

I feel copyright is one of those. I want to see the individuals that make the creative digital goods I consume well compensated and happy, because they make amazing things. But simultaneously, I realize my duplication of that good costs no one anything except potential lost sales and fractions of a cent of electricity.

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Re:French ‘Three Strikes’ Law Slashes Piracy, But Fails to B... by Androsynth on Saturday March 31, 2012 @01:26PM (#3780883)

Whether you like or not copyright law still exists

Because the govt is receiving boatloads of money from the entities that profit from copyright laws.

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