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Originally Posted by Shaggy
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).
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But again a convenience store probably isn't going to go under from people shoplifting either, as the majority of shop lifters are never caught and punished. Expected loss from theft is built into prices and operating costs.
So I don't think the loss has to be a threat to the business to justify enforcing the law about loss/theft. Otherwise we'd just tell retail stores to hire security and deal with shoplifters in civil court and not treat them as misdemeanor criminal offenses.