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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
There just needs to be some real punishment for people who illegally distribute copyright material and those who obtain it. Make it a real punishment, and not some symbolic million dollar law suit that will never be collected--and would be a much more cruel and unusual punishment than say probation if it was to be collected in full, forced to work off etc.
I see no reason to treat it much differently that someone who steals physical property and sells it to pawn shops etc. Property is property, whether tangible or digital.
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For decades, it was the norm to copy albums onto cassette to swap music amongst friends. People who did this were not imprisoned, and the prevailing consensus was that this was a very different thing to shoplifting. You may see no reason to treat it much differently, but I think that you're out of step with the majority view.
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But they key is to get a system in place so people don't feel compelled to pirate things. Make sure prices for digital versions are the same or less than the physical version. Don't use DRM schemes that don't allow people to use their digital product the same way they would a physical product in terms of resale, giving away, loaning out etc.
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Exactly so - making it convenient to purchase high quality content for a fair price is the answer.
What is so frustrating is that this will also make the publishers the most money, but they can't see beyond entrenched habits developed in a different pre-digital world.