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If what you're saying is true, then it will not be a victory in the sense of A defeats B, it will be one where the world is changed. If pirates win, the whole i

• weavejester 17y ago
  I don't think the content industry will disappear. Whilst technology might make it harder to make money from creating content, it also makes it cheaper to create, distribute and market that content. I think we'll see a lot of middlemen go out of business, perhaps a less lucrative movie industry, but I don't think we'll see the end of music or movies, even if copyright disappears entirely.
• Raphael_Amiard 17y ago
  >Whether this is a good or a bad thing, I'll leave up to you. But it seems likely that if the pirates win, both the industry _and_ the pirates will disappear... Pirates will disappear as pirates, they will still be there as music sharers. The meaning of your post is not very clear to me, i don't know if you mean commercially produced music will disappear. If that's what you think, it's an incredibly short sighted view, and is not at all likely to happen, even if music sharing is legalized across all countries in the world. Although, your writing leaves room for interpretation, you may also be speaking about a different economical model, in wich case i agree with you
  • lucumo 17y ago
    > Although, your writing leaves room for interpretation, you may also be speaking about a different economical model, in wich case i agree with you. We are in agreement then :-) That was what I meant to say.