Download prohibition & Privacy
The whole debate concerning the legality of (unpayed) downloading and the legislation surrounding it, interests me a great deal. Coming from a career as a professional musician, and working in the tech industry now, I think I have a uniquely mixed perspective on the subject matter at hand. While I feel artists have the right to earn a decent income from the works they produce, I also think the entertainment industry as a whole should try to adapt to the technological advances happing right now. Ever since the Dutch government opted to criminalize downloading, I wanted to write an article about the implications of that particular idea. When one of the courses at the University required me to write an article concerning Security and/or Privacy, I decided to combine the ideas. The result is the article you can read below. It is written in Dutch, and has also been published on the Music Industry group on LinkedIn. You can find the original LaTeX typeset PDF document here.
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