The Swiss government conducted a study to gauge the effects of illegal downloads. The study showed that downloaders tend to use their saved money to purchase more legitimate entertainment products. Go figure… It seems to me as though piracy advocates tend to rely on evidence and don’t cling to outrageous revenue claims or bogus reasoning. more »

Piracy is a crime, right? In an attempt to condemn piracy, several studies have been conducted in order to gauge the affect illegal downloads have on entertainment sales over the years. An anonymous source from the GfK Group, one of the largest marketing companies in the world, revealed in a recent study that internet pirates more »

Producers of the movie “Hurt Locker’ filed court documents demanding a judge issue a court order forcing ISPs to turn over the names connected with over 50,000 IP addresses they say are guilty of illegally downloading the movie. Voltage Pictures says they must have the names to proceed with their case. “This lawsuit cannot proceed more »

Q: You wouldn’t steal a car would you? A: I would if I could. This type of reasoning seems to be common amongst the teen and twenty-something crowd these days and for obvious reasons. The mere fact that we’re downloading your music or movie should be payment enough, right? Most artists make their money from more »

The UK government are considering plans to cut off Internet access for people that illegally download music and films. Adopting the US ‘three strikes’ rule the consultation green paper “suggests” internet service providers would be required to take action over users who access pirated material, via a e-mail warning, suspension, and then termination of their more »