Jordi

We'll just have to agree to differ on this one I'm afraid. But because piracy is so rife. I honestly believe that the "hitting with a big stick" approach would cause more harm than good. Pirates are here to stay. You may not like it but it's a fact. Close down one site and two more spring up. Even if you managed to close down all the warez and torrents sites people would still share. Heck! there's already sharing rings that use Skype to share files between themselves. No torrents, no e-mails and no File hosters. They share directly from one computer to another. How are you going to stop that? All I'm advocating is realistic pricing to bring more people into the buying loop so that they don't need to resort to illegal file sharing. I believe the vast amount of illegal file users do so because of economics. They have to put a roof over their families heads and food on the table before they can even think about buying 3d content. Especially in the economic climate we're all in today.
Yes, I agree there are some that will use illegally gotten files no matter what the price of the original. But is'nt that the case in every industry where pirates operate? In the UK where I am. The busiest shops on the High Street are the ones that sell everything for £1. Thats got to tell you something. If you could sell one item for $10 or 10 items for $1 which one would you choose? People go there because their on a tight budget. They buy books, DVD's, music cd's etc. all for £1 each. They could easily download what they've bought but they choose to buy it. Why? Because they could afford too. And that's my point precisely.

And with that. I respectfully bow out of the conversation (unless someone decides to slag me off that is, lol).