British Put Teeth in Anti-Piracy Proposal
Posted in: Government & Policy at 15/03/2010 00:02
When asked how governments ought to deal with freeloaders who illegally copy music and movies on the Internet, James Murdoch, head of News Corp.'s European and Asian operations, does not mince his words: "Punish them."
"There is no difference with going into a store and stealing Pringles or a handbag and taking this stuff," he said last week at a media conference in Abu Dhabi. "We need enforcement mechanisms and we need governments to play ball."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/technology/15iht-piracy15.html