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Originally Posted by sabredog
You are missing the point as well. It takes TWO to tango. There needs to be change from publishers, the music industry and entertainment industry if there is hope to slow down the amount of piracy occurring.
Bribing US senators and judges alongside teams of copyright troll lawyers does not solve anything, merely encourages more to "look elsewhere" simply to stick it to the man.
Simply remove geo restrictions and DRM and a good deal of casual piracy will disappear. It is that simple.
Failure to evolve means extinction.
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another key component: lower prices.
make it not worth the while of casual pirates or "file sharers" to just download something. why on god's green earth are ebooks $19 and $20 bleeping dollars? its really not worth my while to pirate 99 cent-$8 ebooks. but a $19 stephen king or ayn rand book? "those sites" look faaaar more tempting.
publishers have done NOTHING for consumers. hell, they can't even put out decent formatted books half the time. yet they continue and continue to put burdens on consumers while giving literally nothing in return.
enough with the take, take, take. how about we get some respect or worthwhile products for a change? publishers have done everything under the sun to discourage legitimate sales.
i hate to sound like a robin hood or something but christ, i think we've been bent over a barrel long enough. when businesses have an anti-consumer culture, expect said consumers to engage in anti-business practices.