>"Regardless of the Pirate Bay verdict, the lesson here is clear: Don't try to fight technological revolutions with clumsy, antiquated legal actions. Harassing

>"Regardless of the Pirate Bay verdict, the lesson here is clear: Don't try to fight technological revolutions with clumsy, antiquated legal actions. Harassing customers, threatening Web sites, and standing in the way of progress are doomed to fail." The author's argument comes down to "it won't work, because it won't work". Like it or not, fining people and throwing them in jail does create some incentives. I am not so confident a priori that enforcement mechanisms are doomed to fail. Then again, maybe I just need to replenish my kool-aid stock. One thing is certain: if I were a passionate file-sharing advocate, I would check my premises about what events can and cannot happen.