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1. yes i would buy it even if i could download it for free. I do not believe that software companies deserve thousands of dollars for 1 piece of software but i also try to consider the truckers, label manufacturers, packagers, etc. that help bring those products to the store. piracy also effects all those people.
2. as far as them being able to stop it, not a chance in hell. they could reduce it buy lowering the costs of things like software, music, and movies. I'll be damned if i'm going to pay $18 for a cd if i've only heard 1 song on the radio. chances are the cd contains 1-2 good songs and a bunch of filler crap. I wouldn't buy a car without test driving it, nor will i buy music without downloading at least a few songs to see if it's worth my hard earned money. if i like it, i buy it, if not, i delete it so there's no harm done.
3. refer to #2. you can try to "educate" all you want, it's borderline nazi tactics already, raising fear will only bring more interest. I would have never smoked pot if my mom didn't tell me not to!
4. the future looks the same as the past, an endless cat and mouse game. as long as humans are a variable in this equation, there will always be 2 sides to this. They come up with a new protection and the guy in the next cubicle leaks how to break it. they sue 500 people on kazaa, 500,000 people on IRC just saw a new movie a month before it hits the theater.
I think the best thing they could possibly do is just bow down, back off, and cut their losses. file sharing exploded when the media got ahold of napster (thanks lars), just let it go, and the numbers will eventually drop.
just my take on things.
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