Kamis, 05 Juli 2012

BitTorrent Traffic Hasn't Been Affected by Pirate Bay Block in the Netherlands


Blocking one site, even the biggest BitTorrent site in the world, is not going to stop piracy, it's not even going to put a dent on it. People want simple, timely and affordable access to content and they are going to get it whichever way they can, or rather, whichever way is the easiest.

And, even with the blockade against BitTorrent sites in many countries, the easiest way is still to pirate, simply because actually paying for something is complicated at best and impossible at worst, when the creators simply refuse to sell you a movie or some music because it's not "out" yet in your country.

The Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has been flying high lately, going from victory to victory. Its biggest is getting several ISPs to block the infamous Pirate Bay.

Mission accomplished, BREIN seems to be thinking and is celebrating the fact that, with most people in the country unable to access the site directly, its Alexa ranking (which, incidentally, doesn't really many much) tanked.

XS4All, one of the ISPs which fought BREIN over blocking the site, was fast to put a damper on BREIN's parade by revealing stats which show that BitTorrent traffic has actually been on the rise for the past year or so, or at the very least is not lower, and that the block had no effect whatsoever on copying.

XS4All hasn't exactly done a scientific study (in Dutch). What's more, since it doesn't actually look into people's traffic, it can't definitely say what's going on. Instead, the conclusion was made based on traffic to BitTorrent trackers. That traffic has not gone so it must be assumed that the overall BitTorrent traffic follows the same trend.

It would seem that BREIN's campaign wasn't the success it's making it out to be. Of course, that's assuming that BREIN actually wants to stop piracy and not just to have something to show to its sugar daddies so that Hollywood & co. continue to pour money into the lobbying group.

After all, what does BREIN care if people stop pirating or not as long as it gets paid. In fact, if people do actually stop sharing copyrighted files without authorization, BREIN would be pretty much out of a (very lucrative) job.

Via: BitTorrent Traffic Hasn't Been Affected by Pirate Bay Block in the Netherlands

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