Piracy - what we should be asking

[Kenny]

Words Of Wisdom said:

C)  Your reasoning is flawed.  Monetary incentive will spur development in any field.  This is where venture capitalists, patent attornies, and inventor-assistant companies find their niche.

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E)  The solution is very simple actually.  Write an international law that makes the ISP an accomplice in the crime of unauthorized reproduction and distribution.   Watch what happens after that.

You misunderstand me on C - I meant that while one may make the argument that developing intellectual properties will bring prestige, prestige alone in lieu of monetary incentives will not be enough to replace the current system.  I think we're on the same side of the fence on this.

As for E, I can only imagine that this would spell the end of the internet, at least as we know it, as that would essentially criminalize not only the users, but virtually everyone even tangentially connected to the world wide web infrastructure.  Not to mention that such a law would be completely unenforceable.  What do you suppose would happen?