Originally Posted by drjones

But theres a breaking point there somewhere. At some point, these laws have to be re-examined. File sharing, for the most part, is a totally accepted practice. Theres something like 9 million or more people sharing files at any given second (3 times the amount, compared to when the RIAA started its lawsuit campaign).

So far, massive lawsuit campaigns and fearmongering hasn't worked, DRM hasn't worked, and copyright laws sure as hell havnt worked. Its unlikely there will ever be some technological magical bullet that will work, unless you want to hand over your entire private life and rights to the media companies while they scrutinize your every digital move.

Most people aren't going to have a guilty conscience for sharing or downloading files owned by companies they feel ripped off by to begin with. The laws are going to have to bend for the people, not the other way around (eventually).