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Originally Posted by Some Guy
I disagree. If I recall, it did a great deal. They got law enforcement involved and when people were threatened with fines and jail time these music-swapping sites vanished rather quickly. It's not nearly as easy to trade music these days. I can't help but feel if tube sites vanished sales would increase for everyone. I'm not saying things would suddenly revert to how they were years ago but I have little doubt that they'd at least increase.
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all those suits accomplished was sick hundred thousand dollar fines on a handful of college students. 99.9% of freeloaders are still freeloading away.
the only reason law enforcement got involved was because disney & time warner fed lobby money to the right people. Jonny law is not gonna do jack shit for the porn biz, even if they do get greased.
a good question you should ask is...why dont the big porn producers sue? whats holding them back?
yeah if tubes went down the tubes, there would be a return of some sales. not all, because there are lots of piracy sites to turn to. Hard to wean freefolk off the free. Best thing to do is do your best for the people still willing to pay. They will always be there, just not in numbers that existed when the web was 5 years old.