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Originally Posted by tompe
No, nobody here have said that. And I have not seen it said anywhere else.
What people are saying is that you have to really be clear about what the goal is and you have to look at the methods so that the methods to reach one goal does not destoy another goal.
And you claim is trivially false in that the method to reduce copyright infringement by making it easier to buy stuff legally is a method that most people accept.
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My paraphrase summarized Ralph Sir Edwards argument that technology made it impossible to stop piracy. You didn't like my paraphrase. Whatever.
It is now as legal and convenient to purchase music as anyone could possibly want. Has that decreased the level of music piracy.? Not one iota.
From The Cynical musician again:
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Lastly, we should realise that the hope that convenience will kill piracy is nothing new. Consider this excerpt from The Music Management Bible, written before the iTunes Music Store existed:
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Far from needing to eradicate [pirate services] altogether, the record industry wants to transform them into new avenues of authorised distribution. Eventually, it will be easier to buy than to steal, and most consumers will take the line of least resistance, even if they have to pay for it.2
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Since those words were written, obtaining music legally online has become much easier, but obtaining it illegally has become easier still. There is no good reason to believe that this “convenience arms race” between legal and illegal music providers will not continue in the future, with the legal services always having two strikes against them: catalogue and price.
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The legality/convenience argument may have been valid in 2002 or even 2006. In 2012, it has been proven to be false. Free crowds out legal.
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I'm afraid that something more is needed, and that something is effective law enforcement.