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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hadrian the Builder" data-source="post: 4968099" data-attributes="member: 73776">@evilref: I think I agree with everthing you've said. And it seems to coincide with my point of view, that companies that want to protect their IP could do so better by stinging many downloaders lightly (cost of good + legal fees for each pirate). So that, if I download alot of material, I should expect to get caught eventually, and I should expect to pay alot more for it than I would have purchasing it legally.  @Storm Raven: I think that that is the lesson being "taught" now, and it isn't working well enough. I think the more effective message would be: pirate our stuff and expect to pay more than you could have with a legal purchase. I hesitate to use an analogy...but...I regularly drive over the posted 65 mph speed limit. But I don't drive so fast that I am going faster than traffic, and I'm not reckless. I do so because my risk of being pulled over is small but real, and I am willing to take that chance and pay the reasonable fines and the extra fuel consumption. However, if the cops started writing tickets to every person they could pull over for going even 1 mph over the speed limit, I would reduce my speed to 65mph becuase my risk of getting caught and incurring those expenses has gone up dramatically.</blockquote>