I get where you're coming from, and I think you make a good point, so I'll attempt to answer it. -------- Note that the following is an analogy. I ha

I get where you're coming from, and I think you make a good point, so I'll attempt to answer it. -------- Note that the following is an analogy. I have no idea about the facts of the case, but I'm trying to compare it to downloading illegal torrents. -------- Imagine there's one designer for most of the world's t-shirts but she won't sell them to the UK so you can't buy one. Zara attempts to do a licensing deal which is profitable for the designer, but she's greedy and thinks she can get more money without the licensing deal. So Zara simply copies the t-shirts, UK customers get their t-shirts and the designer gets nothing. This is essentially the problem. Disney has an almost complete monopoly over the distribution of kids films, and like all monopolies, they end up over-priced with poor service. The government doesn't seem to care. But torrents allow us to break that monopoly. It's not just about the cost. It's about how the digital distribution industry fails to service customer needs because its monopoly means the status quo is so profitable.