Originally Posted by Dirty Dane

Fines will not stop it. It won't be stopped until there are international laws/agreements where domain supplier is obligated to shut down domain and/or ISPs are obligated to shut down the servers. Besides the problems with processing and practising such international rules, new technology will arise, and here we go again.

The real problem is not really the suppliers of such websites or programs, but the fact that ordinary people are stealing, and they do not really worry or care...until they get caught.