Governments stop fighting their people

More and more governments are starting to come to the realisation that maybe what the majority of people want to do (downloading and copying TV shows and media) shouldn't be illegal, despite the fact that the media companies haven't worked out a business model and are desperately clinging to legal tactics to preserve archaic business models.

France and now Australia are leading the way in liberal laws that don't make downloading a show -- which you can watch for free in the country of origin -- a criminal act.

I've said for years that all content will eventually be free. The power of information technology has made copyright obsolete, and 'digital rights management' laughable.

If Hollywood and the rest of the world would accept that as a first principle, maybe they could get on with things and figure out how to make some money in this new age.

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