And that's that HBO/MPAA/etc get so efficient at catching and prosecuting piracy, that piracy itself dies off. There are just far too many ways to evade detect

And that's that HBO/MPAA/etc get so efficient at catching and prosecuting piracy, that piracy itself dies off. There are just far too many ways to evade detection. Remember, bits copy easily. Controlling that is very difficult, near-impossible, and with encryption and other tactics, it's darn near impossible to detect. Reality is not on their side. EDIT: data point here: an alternate Internet. Imagine what would happen if the media companies really did start to succeed in controlling and suing "piracy" out of existence. This is what would happen: http://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan http://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan