Actually, I think it's the other way around. The lack of easy access to digital content is what is increasing piracy. I still remember how, during the mid-90s,

Actually, I think it's the other way around. The lack of easy access to digital content is what is increasing piracy. I still remember how, during the mid-90s, we used to go on any irc network and download pirated stuff from bots(scanned books were widespread). So piracy was here even before digital content was popular. On the other hand, if you make it easy for people to give you money for digital content(and that also means your international customers), then most people wouldn't bother with piracy and its risks(viruses, trojans...) or even just do reward the content creator. This happened to me when I wanted to buy some videos, only to find out that I was not "allowed" to simply because I am outside the US. Guess what I did...