Saturday, May 14, 2005

torrent take down

Blasted MPAA showed its ugly head this last week. By shutting down several tv.torrent sites, with the thought that they'll make a dent in the issue by restricting access. I think they need to look at our historical policy of "restriction" and how it's failed numerous times. Prohibition is the obvious parallel, and it shows that if you restrict access, people will find alternative avenues for creating, distribution and consumption.
I watch as they shut down 5 or 10 torrent sites and 20 fill in the tight market. People are sharing everything imaginable. But shutting down the 5-10 sites, does not stop the pandemic birth of myriad torrent sites. They are taking the approach of restriction and it seems to me that that policy fails. Check out the article: Zdnet.com

posted by emcd @ 5/14/2005 03:43:00 PM   0 comments

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