said by nasadude :

just another part of the war on file stealers.

every part of American society and government must be enlisted to fight infringement, because the media companies are so important for our existence, ya know

said by rcdailey :

The fact that someone steals a thing does mot prove that the thing stolen has actual value. A thief broke into our car one time and the only thing taken was a broken flashlight. I guess that broken flashlight must have had great value, like some of the downloads people acquire.

said by BF69 :

Obviously the media companies are important to the file sharers' existance since they steal so much of their content to begin with. If media is so unimportant it wouldn't be worth stealing. You don't see people going around in other people's yards taking piles of dog crap do you? Why? Because it isn't worth having, thus it's not worth taking.

said by karlmarx :

Actually, songs sell at a fraction of that cost. Try mp3sparks.com, it's less than .05 cents per song.

And movies? FREE, from netflix. Just save the stream, and you have a movie that you PAID FOR (by subscribing to NexFlix).

Granted, in your world, the megacorps control what you watch, when you watch it, where you watch it, and how much you pay, EVERY TIME you watch it. But the good news is, they don't control the rest of the world. And the REST OF THE WORLD has determined that the prices they charge in the US, well, just aren't worth it.

A pirated work != Lost Sale, much to their dismay.

said by stomp357 :

It is dog crap. That's why it's not worth paying for.

said by BF69 :

Seriously I think you must be stupid. Let's just say everyone pirated everything. Would new stuff ever get made? If you think so why? What is the motivation to create new movies, Tv shows or music if the artist won't get paid? what just to please you? If your boss said from now you you will work but not get paid, how long would you stay at that job? Not long.