Originally Posted by itstarted
...laws exist for the patent protection that the entertainment industry is looking for. Their problem is that the legal redress would initially be expensive, but then this same problem that anyone who holds a patent faces.

Very simply, plaintiffs can sue. As in the case with earlier contested peer to peer music sharing websites, legal action caused them to be shut down, and for a short time, a follow up triggered a sudden drop in piracy.

International laws exist for these specif reasons for patent protection.

Legal expenses are a necessary cost for any industry. In the same manner as the influence/lobby money is an expense, it is more costly to use existing law to insure the same results. By the same logic, influence monies are less expensive than actual legal action , in every industry.

The slippery slope eventually ends with corruption and an a "purchased" government.

This aspect doesn't seem to get much attention.
'"Purchased" government' aka lobbyists is discussed a lot. It's just that voters - in a split second - forgive their elected official at the ballot box. Voters ought not be so forgiving.

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