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by nine_k 3372 days ago
Technology used to trump policy, in an unstable but stubborn way. Napsters and piratebays die, but file sharing lives. It's less intense now nit because of policies, but because legal ways to buy most music and videos became reasonably convenient for the mass user.

How well might connectivity limitation work? It took China immense centralization and a lot of technical effort to build the great firewall, which is not exactly impenetrable, though.