BitTorrent Researcher: Copyright Will Be Obsolete by 2010

[raymm]

Pouwelse, who's been tracking the P2P phenomenon over the last decade, has just published along with some of his colleagues an article highlighting some of the key points of his research. It's a good 21-page read, but here's the short version: That whole copyright thing ain't gonna work.

In fact, Pouwelse thinks the existing copyright system could fall apart as early as next year unless significant reforms are put into place. He draws this conclusion from an analysis of not only movie file-sharing, but activity on social networks like Facebook and streaming video sites like YouTube. All of these platforms are prime examples of user-based collaboration, or peer production, as Pouwelse likes to call it. These forms of peer production are not only getting more and more popular, but also increasingly sophisticated, to a point where they poise a significant challenge to our established system of content production and monetization.

http://newteevee.com/2009/01/31/bitt...olete-by-2010/

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[Signa]

It was obsolete years ago, and 2010 is too soon to see any real reform. Something needs to be done though, because the patent trolls are getting out of hand, and IP laws are so vague and subjective that it's no wonder why one one respects copyright anymore. Just look at Disney.

[febehight83]

potiskanje, tako lepo temo dobro delovno mesto

[thelastfreeman]

No. Just no.

[curlywagner]

Hang on man... I think he might be onto something here.