Quote from: bitsmichel on July 14, 2014, 06:31:54 PM

Quote from: davellolzz on July 14, 2014, 02:50:34 PM

What the hell is happening now in this world my god!
These two guys must be out in prison. They are a true contributor in the internet by creating PIRATE BAY.
Piratebay helps student like me who dont have money yet to buy legit softwares.
Why this authorities never appreciate the HUGE HELP they GIVE to people! Angry

Certain companies pay the government, and government listens to money. There's nothing democratic about this decision.
The Piratebay is online, for those who are wondering. If there is censorship you can go around the blockade.

But a possible near term tech concept, "smart property", would enable micropayment through bitcoin when a freely downloaded, possibly encrypted song was played. Going forward, this decapitates the power of the music industry. Their grip on old intellectual property will remain legally strong.

But to enforce that they will have to destroy the unencrypted mp3s of the world, which is impossible. As hard drives and storage increase, it's not long before you will be able to store a huge number of songs (eg, "all"). That makes irrelevant peer to peer bootleg distribution for old product.

I would say, a checkmate is coming.