The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee…::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

  • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s not that they didn’t try. Way back when Napster was still a thing, some power users with shelves full of downloaded music got mail with outrageous fines upwards of 25,000€. The music studios just lost these cases in front of court because they couldn’t proof that it’s an appropriate request.

    At least that’s what I think how it went down. Quite a while ago, so memory’s foggy.