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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 4915255" data-attributes="member: 40961">But that's just the thing... 1. Its not just about whether specific instances of file sharing harm "content producers" (not a fan of this buzzword).  Its about whether a specific regime of copyright law enforcement or non enforcement is beneficial overall. 2. Given that we rarely have perfect knowledge about what copyright options best benefit society, content producers, or really anyone, the real question is who gets to make decisions about what harms who.  If the test is whether a content producer is harmed, I think it is going to be quite difficult to argue that the content producer's views aren't the most likely ones to be correct.  Its basically standard capitalist reasoning from here on out- a general rule of following the content producer's interests is likely to create outcomes most favorable to the content producer. 3. And to combine the two points, even if you can conclusively show that a specific content producer made the wrong call in a specific instance, that does NOT justify tossing out the entire rule of allowing content producers to make these decisions.  You'd have to show that content producers, collectively, are less likely to make the right decisions than some other set of decision makers.  If the metric is the benefit of the content producer, I think that's going to be nigh impossible.</blockquote>