Make msnNOW my homepage
A Swissbit employee holds a Swiss Army knife with memory stick in this 2004 photo. (©AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)

You can legally download whatever you want (in Switzerland)

2/28/2013

Worried you might actually have to BUY the next season of "Game of Thrones" on DVD or — worse — PAY to watch it on TV? Well, friend, Switzerland is for you. The progressive nation is officially the home of being able to download whatever the hell you want. One in three people there download unauthorized games, movies and music, and copyright holders were getting sore about it. The Swiss government looked into their concerns, and their study concluded that people who download music spend more on concerts and people who download games spend more on games. As for creators missing out on a little coin, the report noted, "This is the price we pay for progress." Case closed. [Source] 

Click to see more on msnNOW.com, updated 24 hours a day.

Read more:
The free buffet is over: ISPs rolls out plan to curtail downloading Congressional employees still illegally downloading 'Glee' and 'Ellen' America steals more crappy music than any other country
most recent

Where do you stand on the issue of online piracy?

Most Commented
Most Shared
AdChoices
Popular this week
  • Shared
  • Commented
  • Viewed
AdChoices