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I think the authors should be paid. I think the artists should get MORE of the profits for themselves. I am not as interested in propping up all the middle men who make a killing. I am not against honest people making a living, but I see no reason to adjust policy to protect those making a KILLING. Im not talking about the artists here, I am talking about the producers who have monopolistic control over the industry and take the largest chunk for themselves.
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I think artists should get to make those decisions for themselves. If they want to sign a contract with Penguin where in exchange for the large percent of the sales price Penguin handles production and distribution -- then that is the choice of the author.
If they want more of the profits for themselves, then by all means self-publish.
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Create a standard ebook format, force everybody to adapt it.
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How in the world will you force everybody to adapt it? What of those who are resistant? Would you agree that this comment is by and large advocating taking free will away from the market system?
As for the original question of how to stop Piracy, I think you're trying to herd smoke. I don't think you are going to stop Piracy but I think you can educate consumers on why Piracy is detrimental to the people in the industry. Real people. Real paychecks. Real livelihoods. Not inhuman mythical greedy "corporations."
When you can't control actions, the option that is left is to sway opinions.
But the good news is that so far most book buyers seem to be willing to pay a reasonable price for content. Piracy as of yet doesn't seem to be harming book sales too badly according to most studies that have been done to try and quantify what is actually happening. Tess Gerrittsen had an entry on her blog a couple of months ago on her change of mind in this matter.