Failed to ban torrents in Russia.
A few months ago, the Russian Government was unconvinced that pirated websites should be excluded at ISP level to effectively combat piracy. Like many other governments before them, the Russians finally admitted that these measures are not as effective as they would have been.
The same Vladimir Putin he said recently, that the legislation adopted last summer and named "Russian SOPA, ”Failed to meet its goals.
"Although we have adopted these copyright protection solutions in the film industry, recent analysis has shown that they do not work as effectively as we expected," he said. Putin.
His statement contradicts the previous one. Last January, the Russian government said the law had the expected result and that the number of Internet users buying legitimate content increased by 30%.
The fact that its obstruction accesss on websites torrent sites it didn't work, not surprising given that users can gain access through other means such as VPNs and proxies. It is now known, regardless of the fact that the Turkish government does not want to admit it, that censorship in Internet not working.
The theme βέβαια όπως πάντα είναι ότι οι βιομηχανίες μουσικής και κινηματογράφου προτιμούν να επενδύουν σε προσπάθειες άσκησης πίεσης αντί να προσπαθήσουν να παρέχουν τρόπους στους ενδιαφερόμενους να έχουν πρόσβαση σε νόμιμο περιεχόμενο με προσιτές τιμές. Η συγκεκριμένη μέθοδος είναι πολύ πιο αποτελεσματική από την απαγόρευση πρόσβασης στα torrent sites, όπως έχουν δείξει πάρα πολλές έρευνες.