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I’m not sure if it’s because we don’t see a lot of them in international news, but the Australians always seem like they’re doing the right thing.

Denyerec just pointed me towards this article which describes how the Australian government have done their homework on the numbers involved in online piracy and its effect on the entertainment economy, totally decimating the ‘facts’ excremented by the likes of the MPAA and RIAA.

Isn’t this how governments are supposed to work? The people are clearly fed up with the extortionate prices of this industry, so some of them download copyright material from torrents or other P2P networks. The industry currently doesn’t support a widespread model where people can pay reasonable prices. Why would they, they’re onto a good thing – taking advantage of the global market and profiting massively as a result. So the government step in and punch back for the people. Is this common?

Any comments on genetic tendancies of thievery will be ignored. ;)

Safety in numbers. Knowsit