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So wait, your solution is to encourage all consumers to break the law and put themselves at legal risk, rather than have reasonable legislation focused on consu
by cacois 5y ago
So wait, your solution is to encourage all consumers to break the law and put themselves at legal risk, rather than have reasonable legislation focused on consumer welfare and encouraging competition?
- autosharp 5y agoIs not a solution but an observation. Your proposal could be a better solution but until then piracy is the next-best thing for many consumers.
- aboringusername 5y agoYes, because as of today, right now, every human on earth could decide to not visit the cinema again and instead download the content off of the internet. The laws take time, need to be tested in courts and are generally not as effective. If you're constantly under threat of losing your entire income stream and there's nothing you can do to prevent that (because the only way to prevent piracy of digital content is to ban the internet) it's a pretty decent motivator to do the right thing.
- cacois 5y agoSure, but the idea of mass collective action is always a bit of a nuclear option, because it takes a huge bit of motivation to actually make _everyone_ do anything. So, could they? Sure. Will they en masse? No. Everyone could have stolen cable back in the day and caused a decrease in cable prices and increase in customer experience. They didn't.