Originally Posted by kane

Money controls everything. Right now even though piracy is rampant the big media companies are still doing pretty well. They might not be doing as well as they once were, but they are alive and prospering. If the day ever comes that this is no longer the case I think we will see some pretty heavy handed laws.

I think those laws will eventually come in the form of forcing ISP's to block sites from users and/or removing users who constantly illegally download.

There is no way to fully stop piracy, but if they block a torrent site from all users, the site moves, then they block that one, then it moves again and they block that one eventually it will get to the point where the torrent site likely will give up. Regardless of how many torrent/pirate sites like to make themselves out as some kind free speech/free information advocates, they are really in it for the money so when you take that away from from them will go away.

So in short, yes, I think we could see day where the freedom on the internet is greatly reduced. I could also see a day where copyright laws are rewritten to remove loopholes that pirates use to get around them. If you keep taking the dragon's gold, eventually he will breathe fire on you.