Step up war on Internet pirates

The German founder of the online service Megaupload, Kim Schmitz, was arrested in New Zealand last Friday for presumed Internet piracy, and his site closed down. The arguments of all those who criticise legal action against cyber pirates are ill-founded, writes the liberal daily Les Echos: "People try to make us believe that crackdowns are useless. That cyber pirates will always find ways of outwitting the police on the digital highways. Perhaps. But must radars and any other form of dissuasion be banned just because it's impossible to arrest all the reckless drivers? People assure us that access to culture is a right and that the profits earned by Hollywood or the major record companies are indecent. That's doubly wrong. Culture must be accessible to all, but not free of charge. And those who create have the right to live from their creations and set prices as they see fit."

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