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Originally Posted by Jel
You can't make that statement as fact.
Are you involved in piracy (I'm not saying you are btw, I think the opposite). If not, why not? I asked before, but don't think you answered - if piracy was completely unpunishable, and there were zero comebacks whatsoever, and it wasn't seen as unethical, would you be involved in piracy? I know I would, but as there ARE comebacks and punishments, I'm not.
So there you go, an example of comebacks having an impact on piracy.
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It's illegal. So of course I am not involved in it. I am not, as I have said many times, in favour of legalising piracy. What I am against is spending money on things to try and stop it. And I am not in favour of giving control to the MPAA and RIAA to close sites as they see fit.
So OK, making piracy illegal discourages some people from being pirates. So yes, some things do discourage piracy. However, what I meant, and I know you know this, is that spending millions of dollars on measures above and beyond the law haven't demonstrated any efficacy that I have seen.