>This won't "enforce copyright", it will just push the sharing even farther underground. That amounts to reducing the number of pirates to a manageable level.

>This won't "enforce copyright", it will just push the sharing even farther underground. That amounts to reducing the number of pirates to a manageable level. The MPAA/RIAA can live with piracy by the members of Slashdot, but if Aunt Tillie gets into it they're screwed. > Judgements of millions will be issued against people without that money. They won't pay. If you get a judgement against you, depending on what state you live in your bank account can be frozen or your wages can be garnished. Maybe worse in some states. They don't have to collect millions to hurt you. >They will be arrested and have another trial (at my/the state's expense) be sentenced to prison. Charles Dickens, is that you? You don't go to prison for non-payment of debt, unless it's child support or taxes. >The "deadbeats" might also take a hit on their credit score, but there is nothing anyone wants to buy with credit anymore, so this is not much of a deterrent. Oh no, you mean I can't get a loan on a house that will decrease in value over the 30 years I live in it? That's a hell of an overstatement, and a hell of an extrapolation from a bursting housing bubble that will be forgotten by most people in 30 years.