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Originally Posted by Splum
The war on piracy is like the war on drugs, expensive and ultimately counter-productive. We face the same problems as the music and the movie industry, their hard line approach hasnt worked either. The only thing that works is embracing the new formats and accepting the individual value of your product will become lesser but your base will become broader. Surely most of you know this?
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I agree that the music and movie industry hasn't accomplished much to stop piracy. There aren't enough laws enforced against torrent sites, file sharing sites and tube sites to help them protect their copyrights though. They're having a tough time holding anyone liable, and dragging them into court has become a waste of time. I think in the next 3-4 years the laws will change to adapt to what the internet has become, and a lot more people will be liable for what they've been getting away with all this time. This includes hosts, advertisers, unregulated tube site owners, creators of torrent software, warez forum owners, etc.
BTW, large drug cartels and dealers aren't traceable companies and entities that make millions of dollars legally committing crimes. I don't see how enforcing more laws on the methods of pirated content being distributed is counter productive.
As piracy becomes more accepted and used by the average user, the value of your individual product go down, and it's getting worse and worse every year by a very large margin. These illegal sites get more traffic than some very large corporations out there.
As a matter of opinion I think piracy will soon become counter productive to the end-user if something doesn't change. Music labels won't sign as many artists, movies will have smaller budgets and less exclusive porn will be released and/or not available for download, (maybe a new DRM system, or flashing streams will be the future).