Always find the latest technology news fascinating and often quite hilarious. Today I bring to you a battle of the titans. First up...
The radical free-market model
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8128551.stm
Mr Pandeya said that one of the biggest hurdles in overcoming
illegal file-sharing was that there was zero cost to the users, while
legitimate sites required users to pay for content. The only way to
make something more attractive than free was to pay users to share
files.
"We are going to set up a system where the file-sharer actually makes money," he said.
"More
than half of all internet traffic is file sharing and P2P
[peer-to-peer] traffic and buying Pirate Bay gives us one of the
biggest sources of traffic.
"We can then use this massive network of file-sharers to help [internet service providers] reduce overload.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8123989.stm
"It's obvious that, given enough time, The Pirate Bay will win this
war which will go on as long as the record industry has yet another
penny to file a lawsuit.
"I think they [The Pirate Bay] are
taking an important part in that battle, fighting for freedom of
expression and culture against monopolistic companies," he added.
VERSUS...
The amazing Government intervention and regulation model
http://www.techradar.com/news/television/ofcom-800mhz-plan-could-leave-public-livid-612666
"British TV viewers could face an astonishing three rounds of returning their digital receivers according to an investigation by
What Satellite magazine.
According to WotSat's blog,
the Ofcom plan to help in the creation of a pan-European space for
mobile broadband and TV could cause misery for thousands who will be
forced to retune their receivers."
"Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion."