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Originally Posted by nekokami
I've compiled a list of points of view expressed in this (and other) threads. Note that many of these are mutually exclusive-- this isn't meant to be a consensus, but an inventory of opinions expressed. I'm sure I missed some. Anyone want to chime in?
I was thinking we could have a survey or poll on sticky at the top of the section, so people could see that most of these arguments have been rehashed already, and see how people have weighed in over time. 
DRM and piracy Points of View:[Listed points] |
There are two main areas: Illegal vs legal (dependent on local laws, special cases) and heavy crime vs civil offense.
For the second area, I'd like to see the following added:
- Severity of offense and fitting punishment. The idea is to gauge where to place the offense and then going by that to choose a fitting punishment.
- Worse than murder?
- Worse than physical assault? With a weapon?
- Worse than speeding in a residential area? School area?
- Prison sentence or money only? (barring the absurd US money awarding system)
- Worse than online-predators? (re: internet access)
- Worse than cracking?
- Worse than shop-lifting?
- Worse than physical stealing? Break-in?
- Worse than armed robbery?
- Worse than syndicate crime?
- etc
- What are acceptable counter-measures to copyright infringment?
- Cost to society? (Big Brother/1984)
- Effectiveness?
- Efficiency? Overkill?
- Alternate approach to prohibition? (Taxes, ads, ...)
- etc