>Everyone knows the correct way to get copyrighted content from the internet. You use iTunes, or Amazon's MP3 service, or NetFlix, or Hulu, or any number of ser

>Everyone knows the correct way to get copyrighted content from the internet. You use iTunes, or Amazon's MP3 service, or NetFlix, or Hulu, or any number of services. Everyone also knows that when you get a legal copy of a copyrighted work there will be a 'payment' or a 'subscription' involved. No. No they don't know. And no, no there isn't payment for every legal copy. You mention Hulu. Lets look at that real quick. What if someone sets up a website that mimics hulu's free video system, with a different brand but just as legit looking and with pirated material, hell, lets say they even run ads. No one would know if the website was legit or not, especially not if there were no news articles about it. Furthermore, look at youtube. The version of video X uploaded by hulu has no copyright violation, the version uploaded by hulo does violate copyright. Congresspeople upload clips from CSPAN. Are they breaking copyright? Did they get authorization from CSPAN for every single clip? Really? How do I know that? Don't act like that the user knows. I still find myself explaining to the less technologically inclined that getting songs with whatever p2p software they're using is illegal. Don't even pretend that you can put the burden on the user to determine what websites are kosher.