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Making something illegal will not stop it. Just take a look at America when it had prohibition. All it does is send things underground. Maybe instead of treating the downloaders as criminals they should start treating the publishers as criminals for the ridiculous prices they charge and, in some cases, the practises they follow. Some of the things the RIAA and MPAA have done are just as illegal, if not more so, than the people they are trying to stop.
The copyright and patent systems are draconian and need overhauling but whilst money runs governments the corporations will always get their way.
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