I don't doubt the authorities can put a sizable dent in piracy by use of quasi legal constricts coupled with enough effort, but the bigger problem lies in the collateral damage that is almost certain to occur. Both by way of the new and uncharted judicial precedents they're aiming to set, and per anyone who happens to be caught in the ensuing crossfire.
If the issue could be neatly cubbyholed and any peripheral fallout contained, it'd be one thing. But I'd bet my last nickel that will not be the case. Conventional wisdom suggests that as soon as they're given an inch, they'll expect (and demand) a mile.
Knowing Hollywood is behind these painted pig measures hardly helps. Knowing further that the entertainment and media conglomerates make obscene amounts of jack as it is, often at the expense of others who are more deserving, further restricts tears and wisps of sympathy. [exception withstanding to Khan Manka Jr. -- alone]
The reality is, a lot of everyday folk no longer relate to Tinsel Town, no more than they do to Wall Street, the Multinational corpse, or our Federal-gone-One-World government, all of whom are swimming in pools of loot and self privilege. What are any of them doing to resist, let alone reverse, the decline of this country? Besides stuffing their pockets, as well as foreign ones, while promising a brighter tomorrow.
Depriving the masses of honest, gainful employment makes pirates and paupers out of common folk, and in numbers that rival the wayward and criminal elements the entertainment industry, buttressed by legions of lobbyist and legalese proxies, are claiming to target.
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?" Ooh, they only answer "More! more! more!" -- J.C. Fogerty, Fortunate Son (Creedence)
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