Two words: class action
Get a large enough bunch of people together and make it so denying consumers their fair use is not economically feasible for them.
2. If it can be pirated it will be pirated. Well, if it's profitable to be pirated that is, i.e., the closer the prices are between legit and pirated copies the less profitable pirating is.
As an aside, does anyone else find it asinine that the price of CDs and DVDs hasn't dropped to reflect the lower costs of manufacturing? And if it was all about maximizing shareholder and company value, maybe if they fired all the lawyers and paid their CEOs less than US$10 million a year (plus bonuses of course) then a reasonable price could be charged and still have the same net profit.
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Two words: class action Get a large enough bunch of people together and make it so denying consumers their fair use is not economically feasible for them.
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2. If it can be pirated it will be pirated. Well, if it's profitable to be pirated that is, i.e., the closer the prices are between legit and pirated copies the less profitable pirating is.
As an aside, does anyone else find it asinine that the price of CDs and DVDs hasn't dropped to reflect the lower costs of manufacturing? And if it was all about maximizing shareholder and company value, maybe if they fired all the lawyers and paid their CEOs less than US$10 million a year (plus bonuses of course) then a reasonable price could be charged and still have the same net profit.
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