Rights Holders See Little Point Creating Legal Content Sources

aesoteric writes "Six weeks after Hollywood lost a landmark internet piracy case in Australia, it appears the film studios have gone cold on the idea of helping develop legal avenues to access copyrighted content as a way to combat piracy. Instead, they've produced research to show people will continue pirating even if there are legitimate content sources available. The results appear to support the studios' policy position that legislation is a preferable way of dealing with the issue." The industry-controlled kill switch is a popular idea all over the world.

Re:Sounds right

[yotto]

I hate to "this" someone but...

This.

I'm going to quote you offline to friends, and not give you any credit*. But just know that I appreciate your putting of my thoughts down so succinctly!

*Okay, fine, I'll say "this guy on Slashdot said..."