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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Laws and security aren't static. They are invented, developed, and refined. Most of them come about when the majority of society agrees that it is not only for the good of all to develop the security, but it is for the good of all to accept and adhere to it.
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Give it enough time and the majority will expect digital content to be free at the point of consumption. You have already allowed a whole generation to grow up thinking that way, and there will come a time when that generation is in control.
According to the entertainment industry's own figures, there are 7 million active downloaders in the Uk, out of a total population of 60 million. I don't know what the percentage of UK internet users is, but even if you assume every single UK citizen is online (they are not), that's more than 10% of them downloading. A pretty big minority that is only ever going to get bigger.