Strange Internet era

At the beginning of the year singer Bono of Irish pop band U2 spoke out against music piracy in a commentary for the New York Times, explaining that it is indeed possible to control content on the Web. The Romanian blog Voxpublica examines his claims: "I've never heard of anyone vigorously demanding that USB flash drive producers or network operators start paying high fees in a bid to strengthen authors' rights. ... The only criminals are the consumers. What would happen if I stuck to the rules and didn't download music illegally? I would practically be sealing myself off from the rest of society, from my own generation. I wouldn't have anything to talk about with my friends ... . The world of the Internet and technology has changed the real world. Yet the latter insists that it must function according to old rules. And who suffers? The average consumer in the West and the dissidents in the East. Strange times lie ahead."       

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