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# PROOF: The War on Piracy Is a Complete Failure
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/proof-the-war-on-piracy-is-a-complete-failure/
- Published: 2011-03-01T12:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-03-01T12:10:00.000Z
- Description: Back in October, Napster co-creator and investor Sean Parker argued that in order to accept Spotify as a business model, you first must accept that "the war on piracy is. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/03/proof-the-war-on-piracy-is-a-complete-failure.html]
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Back in October, Napster co-creator and investor Sean Parker argued that in order to accept Spotify as a business model, you first must accept that "the war on piracy is failure." According to a new Danish study, which echoes his sentiments, 7 out 10 participants questioned – **i.e. 70%** – felt, to a greater or lesser degree, that piracy is socially acceptable. A minority of just over 30% of the respondents indicated that they feel piracy is completely unacceptable.

"When questioned for a 1997 study on whether it was acceptable to use pirate software, the same proportion – 3 out of 10 – said the activity was unacceptable," enigmax at TorrentFreak [says](http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-socially-acceptable-110228/?ref=hypebot.com). In other words, despite global anti-piracy efforts, for a decade now, people remain unmoved. They still see piracy as acceptable.

It looks like industry trade groups and labels aren't [making much progress](https://www.hypebot.com/tunesecure-lets-drive-music-piracy-underground/)…

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