London: Fake-free by 2012?
From TorrentFreak:
“The Motion Picture Association, U.K. Film Council, UK Intellectual Property Office, Federation Against Copyright Theft, London Councils, Trading Standards and the Police are teaming up to eliminate DVD piracy in London before the 2012 Olympics.
“Intellectual Property Minister David Lammy endorsed the launch of the ambitious ‘Fake Free London’ project, noting that the police will be required to enforce already-existing laws: “Legislation alone will not combat counterfeiting and piracy. Good law is great but enforced law is better.â€
Only if those laws are enforceable. Media piracy is a great British tradition, as I’ve said before. There are countless reasons why this should be an impossible task, but I actually think this goal is not just achievable, but inevitable. Not because of any anti-piracy measures, but because no one will want DVDs by 2012.
December 4th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Ive seen an advert so catchy on tv it seems like its promoting stealing movies of the internet. im going to record it for you and email it to you. It is so poor!
December 5th, 2008 at 12:50 am
Sure. Right. I believe it.
Piracy and bootlegging are as old as business/enterprise/commerce itself. It’s like roaches, here to stay. Laws (and pesticide) be damned.
One.
December 5th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Piracy is not like roaches, it’s like birds. Once upon a time In China they attempted to eradicate birds because they thought they ate too much of the seeds they planted. The next year they couldn’t combat the insect infestation.
December 5th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Hey Elijah, how about you search that advert on you tube and post the link here so we can see it too
December 8th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
More then that Matt, not even blue ray discs stand a chance. We are coming to the end of physical media distribution. It is an eventuality.