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Found on BBC News on Wednesday, 22 February 2012
The content industries, both film and music, have been taking a noticeably tougher line on pirates in recent months as they continue to lose profits because of those determined to get content free.
The site has already spawned political parties in Sweden and the UK and maintains a loyal fanbase who seem more than prepared to go the extra mile in order to carry on getting content for free.
At this point the BBC has to be corrected. When Megaupload was raided, sales didn't suddenly skyrocket. It's not the pirates who cause those sales to go down, but the growing alternatives. People prefer to buy music at iTunes or rent movies from Netflix; and those sales are not included in the official statistics. Those behind the raids are seeing their sales decline because competition is growing; and more and more artists are realizing that they do not need the big labels anymore. Also let's not forget that Hollywood was created to avoid paying for patents; so the content industry has its own illegal past and is now crying.