Is there a solution to illegal downloading?

Yesterday, British Music Rights, in partnership with the University of Hertfordshire, published the largest UK academic survey looking at the music consumption habits of 14-to 24-year-olds. read more

Yes, free/legal downloading. Free downloading seems to increase revenue when used properly. And I don't mean "free samples"---I mean entire movies and CDLPs and books. read more

Historically, as they sought to build their customer bases, the service providers have been the biggest beneficiaries of illegal filesharing. But not any more. Bandwidth is not an unlimited commodity and with broadband installation reaching saturation point, ISPs need to evolve beyond their traditional "dumb pipe" status. read more

The failure to endorse a standard, cheap platform for online movie purchase (which has roots, no doubt, in a general reluctance to further enhance the profits of Apple iTunes) has resulted in a somewhat chaotic mishmash of paid and free download possibilities, in which content is hard to protect, and illegality easy to adopt. read more