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Originally Posted by ahi
Unless that "some of them" is a lot larger than I've ever gotten the notion, it's a waste of time prosecuting and persecuting a group that is primarily composed of "digital serfs"....
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Waste of time to prosecute, yes. But not necessarily a waste of time to seek them out as legit customers. And maybe not a waste of time to figure out how to dissuade them.
Most stores don't strip-search people as they leave, but a lot of them have switched to magnetic strips in the boxes that will set off an alarm if they haven't been de-activated when leaving. This is done even though the VAST majority of customers are not thieves--it's accepted because the inconvenience really is minor (I'd say nonexistent, but it does occasionally cause a hold-up at the door when the magnetic wiping didn't work), and ends the moment the customer leaves the store.
If publishers could find a way to prevent illegal torrent use without inconveniencing legal actions, that'd be great. (Nothing comes to mind off the top of my head.)