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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Well, I just named her as the most recently-famous example. But the point is good.
I'll point out, however, that the MPAA's goal there wasn't merely to fine Thomas... it was really to scare the bejeezus out of anyone else who might do what she did. If they calculate that they've managed to prevent more file-sharing and projected loss through theft (a fool's guesstimate at best) than what they spent, they'll figure they came out ahead.
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Considering the overall result, and considering the fact that the allegated loss from downloading have never been proved, I'd say they failed.
As they're edging away from the DRM nonsense, it appears the majors have come to share that point of view.
Of course there is another view on the matter: the majors have
never believed the nonsense figures they pulled out of their asses. What they did think was that they could use it to enforce DRM which would allow them to slowly come to a permanent pay-per-use system - do "
micro-payments" reminds anyone anything?
What they've realized is that they've been scammed by the DRM makers into believing such a system could be made.