Originally Posted by Antithesis

1. Burgularies are not accepted by society. They're not practiced on a scale that suggests that a large percentage of the public engages in the activity.

2. So then what? Punish millions of people? Further overcrowd our already strained prison system? Or if fines are pursued, would you want that kind of fine imposed on such a huge number of people? I can't imagine the economic implications. Copyright infringement is a serious crime in the eyes of the RIAA, and if they had their way everybody would be paying $10,000.

3. It's not the ability to track down music pirates (Avast ye, mateys! I wear that title with pride! ARRRR!!! ), but the idea of shutting down a practice that's as widespread and accepted as file sharing. As soon as you close one browser, another will spring up to take its place, and don't even make me go into the legal loopholes that countless people find and exploit. Peope will be just as eager to download, if not more so, and will continue to do so. Even as we speak, new programs spring up around old concepts and find more complicated ways to evade detection.