Dutch minister of justice and his department finally wake up, but still don't get it.

Dutch article on new direction in Holland with regards to illegal downloading

The logic here is that until there are enough legal alternatives available, the Dutch law enforcement will not do anything to fight copyright infringement. Once enough alternatives are available, only the illegal providers will be prosecuted. It is a bit like lets only start to prosecute rapists once we have enough prostitutes. I have several questions like: When is the enough reached and who decides? Then the Gerd Leonard idea for a monthly fee starts to rise again, I think the minister just heard about this theory.  My take on this would be to listen to mister Lessig and rethink copyright laws and start the process of legislation, so laws from a century ago will get replaced with laws that fit the current world. This instead of trying to make something out of the chaos that's currently the reality. It is no rocket science. Very funny btw, that it took a decade for politicians to wake up.

Proposal in Dutch sorry