{"id":139509,"date":"2010-01-05T06:58:37","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T11:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2010\/01\/05\/bono-net-policing-idea-draws-fire.html"},"modified":"2010-01-05T06:58:37","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T11:58:37","slug":"bono-net-policing-idea-draws-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/139509","title":{"rendered":"Bono net policing idea draws fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC<\/a>
\nMonday, January 4th, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n

Bono, frontman of rock band U2, has warned the film
\nindustry not to make the same mistakes with file-sharing that have
\ndogged the music industry.<\/p>\n

Writing for the New York Times, Bono claimed internet service
\nproviders were \u201creverse Robin Hoods\u201d benefiting from the
\nmusic industry\u2019s lost profits.<\/p>\n

He hinted that China\u2019s efforts prove that tracking net content is possible.<\/p>\n

The editorial drew sharp criticism, both on its economic merits and for the suggestion of net content policing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe immutable laws of bandwidth tell us we\u2019re just a
\nfew years away from being able to download an entire season of
\n\u201824\u2032 in 24 seconds,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Full article here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This shouws clearly one thing that’s always been very obivious – Bono is an exellent musician, but when it comes to real world issues like this, his head is in the clouds.<\/strong>
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