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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 1547345" data-attributes="member: 2732">He wanted to hear from all parties involved.  And you're obviously biased in your views on copyright being "wrong".By that definition, Piracy is the weakest of all crimes.  I'm sorry, I don't agree.    Counterfeiting is a crime because it weakens the economic system, and so does piracy.That doesn't mean you shouldn't try to find out who stole what.  The technology to trace pirates is improving.  I have a feeling that soon all computer activity will become traceable in the next 10 years or so.Well, if we were all afraid of reprisals, people would be afraid to testify against gangsters, and we'd give in to every terrorist demand out there.  That's not a reason not to pursue prosecution.While there are problems with crimes, I do think that the only way we will stop piracy is to make harsh penalties against it.  The only way to get people to obey the law is to have serious consequences to those who breaking it.  Note that I am talking about people who knowing and willingly flaunt it.  But if people end up paying economic penalties for this, people will learn to be on their best behavior.Moral Relativism is the first sign of a society's collapse.  What will happen if IP laws are loosened?  Our economic system will start collapsing.  Economic evolution goes from Argiculture, to Industrial, and then to Information / Entertainment.  That last part is why in the last several years IP laws have become more restrictive.  IMO, if this effort reaches a critical mass, all of us will be out of a job as the cheapest countries take over and we are relegated to becoming a service economy.I do not want our system to become over-exploitive--pay per view books, for instance--but I do not think that this means reversing prudent legislation.And nobody starves if they can't get their D&D supplements or DVDs, but the person who works hard on it does suffers if they can't make money on it because 90% of the audience downloaded it for free.</blockquote>

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