Re: "Hadopi has not fulfilled its mission of developing legal downloads"
Stopping people from downloading free stuff is not the same as getting them to buy stuff.
- They might be downloading stuff they can't buy.
- They may already buy a lot of the stuff they download and like. (cutting them off could reduce sales)
- They may not give much value to the download and will just go watch TV / listen to the radio / read a book.
- Warez kiddies who download more then they could ever watch/listen just to have the biggest hoard of stuff.
The number of people who would have paid for something from an existing service but didn't because they could get it for free is not that large I think.
Even if they do buy more DVDs the money will come from something else like eating out (less money to local business, more to Hollywood).
Not a good value for taxpayers money.