That was great. It's kind of funny, the first thing to get electronically pirated is software. But how many lawsuits has the software industry filed about it? they figured out long ago that they could somewhat limit piracy by making it inconvenient and at least a little difficult to do. After that, they are not really loosing much money in most cases. Examples of software that gets pirated include everything from games to operating systems to server software. Of those, the one most affected is probably the computer game industry (the most likely that someone who would have bought the game will get a cracked version instead). But even in their case gaming consoles advancing and getting more popular is likely more of a threat than the percentage of lost sales to piracy.
Now all of the above does not make piracy right in any form, for any product; however, attempting to stop it completely is ludicrous. Generally suing people that will not be able to pay the damages (and are as often a grandparent that was not aware what their teenage grandchild was doing but is held liable because it is their computer/internet connection) is a PR nightmare and some people are not willing to take a chance on the quality of the "item" in question so they pirate it first and buy it if they like it (giving the industry a sale they might not otherwise have had).
Just my 2 cents
