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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
It's in societies interest to protect businesses so stores don't go under from theft, online stores don't go under as everyone is getting is free, so content creators don't lose incentive to put out new material when they're losing a ton of sales to piracy etc.
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I'm not sure the content industry is really in any danger of "going under" due to piracy. The MPAA/RIAA likes to tell everyone that piracy is killing them, but they're still making record profits every year.
If you want to convince the public that it's in their best interest to protect those businesses, you'd probably need to show that they're actually in danger first. Otherwise, all you're really doing is helping to increase their profit margin (which is what most modern copyright/DMCA laws are really about).