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Old 01-25-2007, 10:12 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Antithesis View Post
If there's one thing the internet brings to the world, it's fast methods of transferring, sharing, concealing, and creating ways to do things. There must be thousands of file sharing sites, and it's impossible to stop it all, even with legislation. This is prohibition, and prohibition occurs when a socially accepted practice is completely eliminated. Experience shows that even if it was outlawed, there is no way to enforce the law.
You could say the same about burglaries. There's no way the police can stop EVERY ONE. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't try.

And honestly, I think you'd be very very surprised by how much information that can be tracked on the internet. I bet there's somebody who could prove EVERY song you've every downloaded.