Most of what you said is true. And I, as a programmer and occassional amateur author, am quite against piracy. Yet, the copyright holders biggest arguments fo

Most of what you said is true. And I, as a programmer and occassional amateur author, am quite against piracy. Yet, the copyright holders biggest arguments for strict copyright enforcement also seem to go out the window if they make it impossible to legitimately purchase the content in a certain market. They cannot claim they have lost a sale if they have made it impossible for that sale to go through any reasonable, legitimate channel.