http://torrentfreak.com/swedish-internet-traffic-recovers-after-initial-ipred-scare-091113/ Breaking File-sharing, Copyright and Privacy News Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 /swedish-internet-traffic-recovers-after-initial-ipred-scare-091113/#comment-619385 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:33:10 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=18873#comment-619385 [...] First, there are some who are questioning the actual numbers. So far, the only numbers have come directly from the IFPI, who hasn’t provided much in the way of detail (and have a long history of publishing questionable, fact-challenged numbers). In fact, the very lack of detail would likely indicate that there are extenuating circumstances here. And, when we’re talking about Sweden, it has to also be noted that services like Spotify (which dragged the labels kicking and screaming into the modern world) were just launched at the very end of last year. So, it could be that it was one of these more modern services that helped convince people to buy music rather than any crackdown. But, of course, the bigger question is whether or not any boost is sustainable. It was reported that there was a drop in file sharing after the Swedish IPRED law went into effect (though, again, many argue that the “drop” was simply because more people started using encryption and those who measure file sharing traffic had no way to deal with it, so pretended they all stopped). Yet, it didn’t take long for the traffic numbers to bounce back up. [...]

]]> /swedish-internet-traffic-recovers-after-initial-ipred-scare-091113/#comment-619213 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:47:01 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=18873#comment-619213 [...] First, there are some who are questioning the actual numbers. So far, the only numbers have come directly from the IFPI, who hasn’t provided much in the way of detail (and have a long history of publishing questionable, fact-challenged numbers). In fact, the very lack of detail would likely indicate that there are extenuating circumstances here. And, when we’re talking about Sweden, it has to also be noted that services like Spotify (which dragged the labels kicking and screaming into the modern world) were just launched at the very end of last year. So, it could be that it was one of these more modern services that helped convince people to buy music rather than any crackdown. But, of course, the bigger question is whether or not any boost is sustainable. It was reported that there was a drop in file sharing after the Swedish IPRED law went into effect (though, again, many argue that the “drop” was simply because more people started using encryption and those who measure file sharing traffic had no way to deal with it, so pretended they all stopped). Yet, it didn’t take long for the traffic numbers to bounce back up. [...]

]]> /swedish-internet-traffic-recovers-after-initial-ipred-scare-091113/#comment-619184 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:36:52 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=18873#comment-619184 [...] First, there are some who are questioning the actual numbers. So far, the only numbers have come directly from the IFPI, who hasn’t provided much in the way of detail (and have a long history of publishing questionable, fact-challenged numbers). In fact, the very lack of detail would likely indicate that there are extenuating circumstances here. And, when we’re talking about Sweden, it has to also be noted that services like Spotify (which dragged the labels kicking and screaming into the modern world) were just launched at the very end of last year. So, it could be that it was one of these more modern services that helped convince people to buy music rather than any crackdown. But, of course, the bigger question is whether or not any boost is sustainable. It was reported that there was a drop in file sharing after the Swedish IPRED law went into effect (though, again, many argue that the “drop” was simply because more people started using encryption and those who measure file sharing traffic had no way to deal with it, so pretended they all stopped). Yet, it didn’t take long for the traffic numbers to bounce back up. [...]

]]> /swedish-internet-traffic-recovers-after-initial-ipred-scare-091113/#comment-617123 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:14:52 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=18873#comment-617123 TorrentFreak lies as usual. Traffic hasn’t recovered. It’s still down 20-25%.

]]> /swedish-internet-traffic-recovers-after-initial-ipred-scare-091113/#comment-616441 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:07:40 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=18873#comment-616441 [...] : TorrentFreak Un 2ème siège pour le Parti Pirate Suédois !The Pirate Bay crie victoire après [...]

]]> /swedish-internet-traffic-recovers-after-initial-ipred-scare-091113/#comment-616128 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:26 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=18873#comment-616128 [...] at: Torrentfreak Permalink – Comments RSS Feed – Post a comment – Trackback [...]

]]> /swedish-internet-traffic-recovers-after-initial-ipred-scare-091113/#comment-616044 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:31:11 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=18873#comment-616044 [...] how misguided and premature any claims of victory over piracy really are. Enigmax at Torrentfreak cites a new report from Swedish Internet backbone Netnod, that shows there was indeed a very large dip in [...]

]]> /swedish-internet-traffic-recovers-after-initial-ipred-scare-091113/#comment-616007 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:53:45 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=18873#comment-616007 [...] http://torrentfreak.com/swedish-internet-traffic-recovers-after-initial-ipred-scare-091113/ Tags: internet, IPRED, swedish Share this post! Twitter Digg Facebook Delicious StumbleUpon Google Bookmarks [...]

]]> /swedish-internet-traffic-recovers-after-initial-ipred-scare-091113/#comment-616003 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:59 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=18873#comment-616003 [...] Swedish Internet Traffic Recovers After Initial IPRED Scare In response to the news, Swedish Pirate Party Chairman Rick Falkvinge told TorrentFreak that most experts believed that the initial “scare effect” would wear off in time. They were absolutely right. [...]

]]> /swedish-internet-traffic-recovers-after-initial-ipred-scare-091113/#comment-615983 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:58:38 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=18873#comment-615983 [...] l’adozione di IPRED in Svezia ha inizialmente fatto crollare il traffico, ma è lentamente risalito fino a superare addirittura il livello precedente. Forse non è questo il giusto modo di [...]

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