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March 15, 2011 11:39 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/9-wm7jTPy5Q/Cutting-Prices-Is-the-Only-Way-To-Stop-Piracy
Cutting Prices Is the Only Way To Stop Piracy
Stoobalou writes "The only way to stop piracy is to cut prices. That's the verdict of a major new academic study that reckons copyright theft won't be halted by 'three strikes' broadband disconnections, increasing censorship or draconian new laws brought in under the anti-counterfeiting treaty ACTA. The Media Piracy Project, published last week by the Social Science Research Council, reports that illegal copying of movies, music, video games and software is 'better described as a global pricing problem' — and the only way to tackle it is for copyright holders to charge consumers less money for their wares."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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