Apple first attempted to combat piracy (of musical digital media) with the iTunes business model. Charge a nominal fee for a song. De-emphasize the album model (a collection of songs) and emphasize the "single song" download model.
As Scott pointed out, piracy is a direct response to exorbitant purchase costs for a particular product. Lower the costs involved .. lower the piracy. In actuality, that might be the only effective tool civilizations can use to combat the "Megauploads" of the world.
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