The backlash was so great that the RIAA abandoned the strategy a few years ago, but the problem of piracy remained.
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First, net neutrality was a solution in search of a problem, whereas online piracy is a problem in search of a solution.
But in reality the move does little to address the all-too-real problem of satellite television piracy.
Our interactive map breaks down the global problem of intellectual-property piracy in 59 nations.
Legal experts have been struggling with the problem of where to try piracy cases for years.
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate companion, Protect IP Act (PIPA), were ostensibly designed to deal with a very real problem: rampant piracy of copyrighted material by foreign websites, particularly those in China.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was at the U.N. on Tuesday for a discussion of the piracy problem and the Security Council vote.
The major theme of the report is that ever more stringent enforcement of IP rights has proven ineffective in countering the growing tide of content piracy, and it is instead a problem of "global pricing" that needs to be tackled first.
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Click on the interactive map for an illustration of the extent to which piracy is a problem in 59 countries, as well as the economic costs of the current boom in black-market materials.
There is also a problem with piracy, complains Dmytro Prykordonny of Ukraine's largest record company, Ukrainian Records.
For cruising yachties in the area, the piracy problem has meant a dramatic rethink of plans.
In short, if we socialize the costs of fighting piracy, we create both an incentive problem and an information problem.
As you know, if you range back about seven or eight years, we had a significant piracy problem that was manifesting itself in the Strait of Malacca.
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It is likely that piracy will continue to be a problem off the coast of Somalia as long as the violence and chaos continues on land.
Despite an decrease in the percentage of successful attacks, piracy is still a real and growing problem.
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The nub of Sony's problem is that its media arm wants to protect its content from piracy.
While piracy is a service problem, the REAL problem Hollywood suffers is that most of its output is junk.
"Unless some of the international shipping is prepared to put guards on their boats the piracy problem will remain, in my view, a significant threat, " he said.
Some say there is no proof piracy costs sales, and others maintain the older numbers understate the extent of the problem today.
But controlling piracy will not solve the chief problem the Internet poses for the record companies: the withering away of manufacturing and distribution.
Google's concluded that it was important to tackle the piracy problem at source by targeted companies which advertise on piracy sites - as well as payment providers that enable the collection of subscription money.
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