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Both make money. If the second option didn't, as you disingenuously imply, they wouldn't be trying to stop the piracy.

• Karunamon 10y ago
  That implies a rational business. Rationally, new content ends up on the internet, unencrypted, within minutes of air, and all the whackamole in the world doesn't change that. All the anti-piracy methods practiced by major content providers is inherently irrational.
  • Fargren 10y ago
    Not all of them. The ones that convince people that piracy is immoral may actually get some people to buy content.
  • 794CD01 10y ago
    That argument is asinine. Murder happens even though we outlaw it and enforce the law. That doesn't make the law ineffectual or "irrational".
    • Karunamon 10y ago
      ...Please try to understand how "asinine" a comparison between copyright infringement and murder is.
      • 794CD01 10y ago
        Or maybe you should understand the point of the comparison. If it truly makes you feel better, pretend I said speeding.