| Cost vs piracy There is some pretty good discussion of piracy issues and encryption in this thread. I've enjoyed reading them. I think one thing that many people don't take into consideration is that if the cost of music CD or DVD movie is reasonable then the majority of people will not be motivated to make or obtain an illegal copy. This definitely holds true for me. I'd much rather buy a legal CD at a good price than spend the time it takes to locate the music and burn it to CD, then make & print a cover. As far as today's music goes there is so little out there that I would even want to buy, especially at the prices they want. If record labels and Hollywood want to reduce piracy, they should reduce prices. I'd bet they would be pleasantly surprised at the increase in sales and profits! |
