BitTorrent usage increases in Europe, following the blockade of The Pirate Bay

This is strong proof that trying to force a change in behavior simply doesn’t work — especially on the internet, where its denizens value freedom above all else. History is full of shutdowns and blockades — Napster, Kazaa, Limewire, Megaupload — and yet file sharing is still just as prevalent. Instead of pissing away billions of dollars on lobbying governments and law enforcement agencies, the only way to truly curb file sharing is to provide an equivalent or better service than torrent sites and digital file lockers.