Odd thought...could the studies calculate the impact to the rest of the economy of legalising their copies including auditing and software costs? Would the impact on the economy of compliance (extra costs, lower productivity, lost jobs) be worse than the impact of not complying as identified above?
Here you go: http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/03/07 /cold-sentence050307.htm
Odd thought...could the studies calculate the impact to the rest of the economy of legalising their copies including auditing and software costs? Would the impact on the economy of compliance (extra costs, lower productivity, lost jobs) be worse than the impact of not complying as identified above?