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It's interesting to see the drop in torrent usage from 2011 to 2015. It makes me wonder how much easier copyright enforcement will be as cloud storage continues
by treebeard901 11y ago
It's interesting to see the drop in torrent usage from 2011 to 2015. It makes me wonder how much easier copyright enforcement will be as cloud storage continues to grow in usage. Throw in lack of encryption and data mining and it's possible to see a day where piracy is completely under control.
- bediger4000 11y agoI'm not sure why you think "piracy" is a problem, and why it's worth warping the rest of society to bring piracy under control. Nevertheless, what makes you think that encryption, data mining and whatever won't just drive "piracy" further underground, further decentralized, and harder to control? That seems at least as likely as centralized computing (which I think is what you mean by "the cloud" in this context) and the attendant ability to collect data/spy on everyone will be to control something as poorly defined as "piracy". I mean, we could stop it today by just ceasing to enforce copyrights. Poof! Piracy gone, completely under control.