Re: [Asrg] Opt-out lists and legislation

[Justin Mason <jm@jmason.org>]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 05:16:43PM -0800, Jonathan Wilkins wrote:
> I think that this is a false analogy.  Legislation has been somewhat
> effective against pirated PHYSICAL media.  One would be hard pressed
> to argue that it was effective against purely digital piracy.  
> All that's happened from the various RIAA cases is to push the 
> pirates to different networks.

Hmm, I missed this thread in my last reply.

Also, physical pirate copies are easier to stop *entering* the US.
That's why you haven't seen them.   A visit to the biggest mall in
Bangkok last year illustrated this graphically to me; I was
surrounded by about 1000 sq.ft. of racks of pirate CD-ROMs.  And
that's nice, clean, shiny mainstream Bangkok shopping, not some
kind of pirate flea market. ;)

The piracy's all still there, it's just not getting into your hands as
easily as it used to...

--j.
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