After a report was conducted in Switzerland as to the damage of Piracy, they have since removed some laws against piracy - As long as the user doesn't make money from it, it is legal.

Read more here:

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/new...fter_new_study
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Switz...l-238126.shtml
etc.

So, what do you think of the steps they have taken? How will the Corporations react? Will other countries follow suit (unlikely)? Will you move to Switzerland for this legal breathing space?

iДm feeling so fooled being next to that country and not enjoying its benefits /offtop

I will not move to switzerland since they got a very strong (even stronger than ours[austrian]) islamophobic movement ongoing ...
Hm i strongly support those chages and i am hoping to see stuff like this in EU countries too even if its unlikely to happen...

Ahhh damn why switzerland so baws?
I think its a stupid thing to legalize piracy but hell i wouldn't mind if they did that in sweden.
Iznogod you lucky sonofabitch!

Honestly, i think that is unfair to big time movie corporations; however the situation is to huge to handle. I mean most people download movies/music etc for there personal use and lend it to people for free. The amount of people that actually venture for profit do usually get caught. To legalise it in one country means others will follow. Regardless there will be a select few who ruin it and begin selling pirated copies.

its not like hollywood makes tons of money... big movie corporations dont lack of money and the money they want for watching their movies and buying their dvdДs is ridiculous

I think it's a bit unfair to the other countries and to the guys who make this stuff, because they earn money with this and lets say the other countries follow switzerland in this, the people who make this stuff doesnt earn money so i think its realy unfair

and my last words i hope u did understand this and my english

Well it's not like I see people getting hauled off to court for non-commercial piracy in my country anyway. I give Switzerland the thumbs up.
Also they could potentially make money off better internet connection sales/data cap breeches because of the new legality of piracy :P

As for the big corporations, I wouldn't be surprised if they all threw a tantrum over "losing" money.

does that mean we get to talk about warez now?

People have been pirating for a bit over a decade. Many people seem to talk about it as though it's something new that's just started. No. It's just becoming more popular. However, it causes far fewer problems than the governments of various countries would want their people to believe.
After all, would you rather have someone download a few movies, or break into a store and steal the hard copy? (Not sure where I was going with that.. Smoked too much.)
Anyway, Switzerland is smart. They're on the right track. Think about it: who tends to pirate? Often times, teenagers download their favorites albums off the internet, and occasionally the DVD or two. Shit, even my teachers admit to it. He pirated a copy of "Pearl Harbor" for the class to watch. Now, if someone goes out there, pirates, and resells their stolen data, that's one thing. Some kid dropping by *****.com and grabbing a few songs? Seriously. If he had the money in the first place, he wouldn't pirate it. Fining him or holding him accountable is just going to rack up fines that will never be paid and perhaps put more people in prisons who, frankly, don't need to be there. (Because I'm sure some countries arrest even small-time pirates.)
Anyway, that's all for my rant.
Move to Switzerland? No.
Do I think other countries will follow suit? Only a few.
Do I wish mine would? Of course.

On one side I'm pretty happy that I find a lot of things for free on the internet. But then my reason says: "Those people worked on that. Of course they want to be payed.", often it doesn't shout loud enough though. It's just that I can't afford all those things, it's easy to get them and the chance of getting punished is pretty low. There's this image:

I think it tells the truth. If stealing was as easy as pirating we'd be pretty much screwed.
So I think it should not be allowed (well, the main problem is that it should be way harder to get away with it) but then again I'm happy that it is not. I feel like a shizo.