It's official: online piracy has only one real solution, and that solution will be taxpayer-funded. International music trade group IFPI today issued its annual report on digital music (PDF), and remarks from CEO Frances Moore sum it all up: "2011 is the year when governments can turn the tide."
Yes, the industry can sue (and win against) Limewire, Mininova, and The Pirate Bay, but it doesn't seem to matter who gets shuttered; piracy persists. Fortunately for IFPI, "there were encouraging signs in 2010 that the tide of government opinion is turning" in the direction of "three strikes" laws.
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