EU Commissioner: Digital Natives See Piracy As ‘Sexy’

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EU Commissioner for Telecoms and Media Viviane Reding has joined the debate over Internet piracy. Yesterday she stated that both sides of the conflict are right but their inability to see things from the other’s perspective is holding back progress. In the meantime, she says, piracy is seen by many as increasingly “sexy”.

EU Commissioner: Digital Natives See Piracy As ‘Sexy’ | TorrentFreak

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n the meantime, she says, piracy is seen by many as increasingly “sexy”.

interesting, the old pirates were bearded sweaty peg-legged sea wolves, if the new ones look like the one from this article then its hard to disagree

60% of 16-24 year-olds have downloaded audiovisual content from the Internet in recent months without paying. “And 28% state that they would not be willing to pay,

this could be misleading - not willing to pay at all or not willing to pay for the downloaded stuff they didn't like

growing Internet piracy is a vote of no-confidence in existing business models and legal solutions. It should be a wake-up call for policy-makers.”

this goes for the entertainment industry as well

we could lose a whole generation as supporters of artistic creation

wrong, the filesharers are supporters, at least in the sense of providing access/information

“Digital Europe can only be built with content creators on board,”

these are primarily the artists - the industry is merely a financial support mechanism, an outdated one considering the digital age