In the 1980's we had cocaine. It was pure, cheap and plentiful. Now, due to Ronald Reagans infamous "war on drugs" campaign (among many other things), cocaine as we once knew, is long gone. However, addiction is a subtle beast. It's resilient in all its ways and finds new methods to persevere. In the modern age, we have our addictions, although it is not so much to cocaine. Instead, it's technology.
Just look around anywhere in the world and you'll come across someone with their phone glued to their ear or eyes zoned in on a tablet. Technology and the internet give us content and information that's easily accessible, and we love it. In just a matter of clicks, we can find anything online. While this seems like positive aspect, it has a downside …show more content…
In a way, Putin should not get too hung up on this. Governments all over the world struggle to take down Piratebay. It's nearly impossible to track. This is because once the illegal content is removed from one site like Piratebay, it simply appears on another. Even blocked sites like RuTracker or Piratebay remain accessible because they can just hop from domain to domain. Even Putin's internet advisor thinks the whole thing is crazy. He calls their policy "madness" and thinks it's embarrassing the government. Well, he is partially right but Piratebay is embarrassing the whole world,not just …show more content…
How will Russia handle piracy? In fact, how will the world handle piracy? Sites like the Piratebay certainly aren't slowing down anytime soon. Piratebay opened the portal to millions of internet and information addicts. Now that they have seen the light, can they really go back to their old, mundane lives? Imagine the world where everyone went to iTunes to buy music or the cinema to watch a movie? It's quite humorous to think that is the world we once lived in. Now, Piratebay changed all that.
Do artists deserve payment? Of course, they do. However, we also deserve to have free information. Piratebay changed the game forever and the world was just not ready for it. That is why you are seeing countries like Russian and the U.S struggle with this issue. No one wrote the book on piracy policy. Everyone is just making it up as they go along. Maybe someday some sort of agreement will be reached. However, for now, it's colonial Caribbean and the pirates ae
Just look around anywhere in the world and you'll come across someone with their phone glued to their ear or eyes zoned in on a tablet. Technology and the internet give us content and information that's easily accessible, and we love it. In just a matter of clicks, we can find anything online. While this seems like positive aspect, it has a downside …show more content…
In a way, Putin should not get too hung up on this. Governments all over the world struggle to take down Piratebay. It's nearly impossible to track. This is because once the illegal content is removed from one site like Piratebay, it simply appears on another. Even blocked sites like RuTracker or Piratebay remain accessible because they can just hop from domain to domain. Even Putin's internet advisor thinks the whole thing is crazy. He calls their policy "madness" and thinks it's embarrassing the government. Well, he is partially right but Piratebay is embarrassing the whole world,not just …show more content…
How will Russia handle piracy? In fact, how will the world handle piracy? Sites like the Piratebay certainly aren't slowing down anytime soon. Piratebay opened the portal to millions of internet and information addicts. Now that they have seen the light, can they really go back to their old, mundane lives? Imagine the world where everyone went to iTunes to buy music or the cinema to watch a movie? It's quite humorous to think that is the world we once lived in. Now, Piratebay changed all that.
Do artists deserve payment? Of course, they do. However, we also deserve to have free information. Piratebay changed the game forever and the world was just not ready for it. That is why you are seeing countries like Russian and the U.S struggle with this issue. No one wrote the book on piracy policy. Everyone is just making it up as they go along. Maybe someday some sort of agreement will be reached. However, for now, it's colonial Caribbean and the pirates ae