Copyright is dead

Copyright law died on its 300th anniversary, the daily La Repubblica writes, but adds that the credibility of copyright is by no means in crisis: "On the contrary, the increasingly ill-defined concept of 'intellectual property' is gaining popularity. … In Stockholm a trial against [the Internet exchange portal] Pirate Bay is currently underway which will rewrite the rules. … If the Swedish pirates who plundered the sea of Internet information and provided around 22 million customers with the data free of charge are sentenced, this will serve as a precedent case to deter any potential imitators. Meanwhile, the guardians of copyright are also hoping to make a killing in the telecommunications sector. The goal is to convince Internet service providers to support efforts to hunt down copyright violations rather than continue acting as accomplices. … For their part the defenders of copyright are trying to take advantage of their gravediggers: they want to introduce user fees for data carriers like USBs, MP3, CDs and mobile telephones."

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