Former EMI Boss: Fight Against Illicit P2P is “Useless”

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At least on the surface, most in the mainstream music industry agree: illicit file-sharing is evil. However, when you aren’t getting paid to have a certain opinion, things can change. No longer taking a salary from his former company, Ex-IFPI chairman and EMI director Per Eirik Johansen speaks freely.

While working for a big company, which in themselves are very often parts of an even bigger concern with global interests, it is taken as read that you toe the corporate line. Those that dare to have an opinion of their own can find themselves in sticky situations. Of course, the sway an outfit has over an individual is nearly always financial, but what happens when this point of leverage disappears?…