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Originally Posted by riemann42
One of the largest costs of any publish house is the advances they give authors.
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That is just a loan, based on how much they expect to make on sales. They could get the same service from a bank.
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Originally Posted by riemann42
Make the legal ramifications for piracy severe. Enforce the criminal code. Through some torrent users in prison and that will shape up the college kids.
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In the UK, the entertainment industry have lobbied for, and got, a new law that presumes guilt until the accused can prove they are innocent (after paying a fee before you can attempt to do so). I suspect this is because they know that the evidence they are capable of providing against an alleged copyright infringer would not stand up in a court of law.
Also, all our prisons are full so you would need to release a lot of prisoners to make room for all these copyright infringers ...