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Offline p2p rules

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ESA Canada – Canadian Gaming Industry Grew Without TPM Law
« on: August 24, 2009, 01:50:48 am »
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A recent op-ed in the ongoing copyright consultation in Canada by Danielle Parr of ESA Canada suggests that TPMs prevent piracy and somehow lead to more consumer choice.

Not that the arguments aren’t self-defeating or are a departure from reality, but those are among a number of arguments being made for a blanket ban on circumvention. The op-ed was posted on the Straight and does a pretty good job at listing off the myths surrounding piracy and TPMs. We felt it was necessary that there would be a response to these arguments.

“Internet piracy of video-game software in Canada has undergone explosive growth,” Parr writes, “and we detected a stunning 300 percent increase in the number of games illegally downloaded via Canadian ISPs between 2007 and 2008 (and this reflects but a fraction of the total illegal downloads in Canada detected by the industry as a whole).”

Either this point is completely untrue and made up, or the industry’s method of gathering information is severely flawed. ISPs have admitted to the CRTC that the bandwidth growth, particularly in the span of 2008 and 2009, fell by 45%. If piracy, even gaming piracy, grew by a “stunning 300 percent”, you would think that bandwidth growth would increase, not decrease. So who would you believe? The ESA who “detects” piracy, or the ISPs who can actually see the network bandwidth themselves?

“Today,” Parr continues, “it costs between $10 and $30 million to develop a top-tier video game, and few games actually sell enough to achieve profitability. In light of the substantial investment required and the high degree of risk associated with the production of entertainment software, piracy fundamentally undermines the industry’s ability to recover its investment, resulting in fewer games as well as lost revenue and employment opportunities.”

Yet, in the same breath, Parr wrote just two paragraphs earlier, “The video-game industry is the fastest-growing sector of the entertainment industry in Canada, and one of the most vibrant, fastest-growing industries in the world. [...] Canada recently overtook the United Kingdom to become the third most successful producer of video games in the world.”
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Re: ESA Canada – Canadian Gaming Industry Grew Without TPM Law
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2009, 04:46:24 am »
It's a case of, "White man speaks with forked tongue".  ;)

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