April 20, 2009 A turning point for online piracy?Posted: 09:50 AM ET
There was plenty of online chatter this weekend about file sharing and Internet piracy. ![]() This follows Friday's news that four people who ran a popular file-sharing site called Pirate Bay were found guilty of violating copyright law in Sweden. On Forbes.com, a Harvard professor says Google is the new Pirate Bay. The search engine serves the same function as the piracy sites by enabling people to steal copyrighted content, the professor says. An interesting example from the story:
DownloadSquad responded with a counterpoint to Forbes' story. Ars Technica says the verdict is not surprising given the history of piracy prosecutions:
On CNET.com, a writer wonders if we've reached a tipping point. Will illegal file-sharing soon come to an end? Here's the article's evidence of a regulatory crackdown:
On the BBC, Paul McCartney spoke out in favor of the guilty verdict against Pirate Bay. Here's some of what he told the station:
Do you download pirated media? What should governments do about this issue? If you're an artist, what do you think? Feel free to weigh in with comments to this post. Posted by: John D. Sutter -- CNN.com writer/producer
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