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Originally Posted by DamianJ
Wow. That is funny! So you make a film for - say - 50k. And some people who wouldn't ever have bought it pirate it, and you want to get money from them, so you send out 10k john doe blackmail letters to do that? Genius!
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and there you go again with the weak arguement of "well they wouldn't have bought it anyways."
it is amazing that you know every time in every case that those people would never have bought it in the first place! your clairvoyant powers are incredible!
but let's get beyond this angle for one minute.
what you're saying is that these people have pirated said material and should not be held responsible for their actions right? they should be in no way culpable for willfully downloading a copyrighted work?
What else needs to be said? You're trying to say these people are being blackmailed when in reality they are the law breakers.
Wow.
All of this aside i don't think this is a great way to stop piracy as there are simply more efficient methods, but it can instill fear, which is a good thing. If one guy gets sued for an illegal download you best believe at minimum 20 people in his direct line are going to know and most of them will think twice about downloading protected material.
And with coverage in the local news and the schools etc., the message will be heard.