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I work in a creative industry.
I've seen my work on the darknets.
It's not a matter of like or dislike, it's a matter of practicality. The important thing is maximum return. And the moment you jack up the price, add DRM or reduce availability (let alone all these at once), sales fall.
(This is not saying "do nothing", it's "be very careful what you do", and carrots work far better than sticks!)
I'll stick with what works, while you do your moralist lecture. The only problem is you're pushing more people towards the darknet because they don't like being lectured at. The important thing is to allow the market to sort this out: inefficient processes like DRM have to be allowed to fail in the market!
You see "petulant children", I see an emerging EU-wide political party with excellent organisation capacity growing at a rapid rate, which already has a foothold at both EU and National levels, and will lead a backlash against shielding IP-creating companies from the full range of market conditions present at this time.
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