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Originally Posted by stonetools
The government can crack down by going after the hubs (findable by Google, I'm told) , closing them down, and by handing out 15 to 20 year sentences to the owners. Do that a few dozen times, and slap some stiff fines on ISPs who knowingly enable these hubs-and piracy will decline to low levels. No need for a "police state".
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How do prisons work in America? In the UK they are funded through taxes and it costs £40,000 per year for each prisoner. You would need to be very sure that strategy was likely to work before you could implement it, the costs would be astronomical. 20 years in prison would be £800,000 per person, and even if each "hub" only has one sysop you're looking at nearly £2million just for 2 dozen of them.