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Story: UK man threatened with BitTorrent lawsuit

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Whilst I sympathise with the large media company that the copying of music and films is a problem, one has to wonder what the reason behind why people want to infringe, is it because we are all inherantly criminal minded, or is it that most people are aware that the reproduction of the films to VHS or DVD is such a small price these days, that a mark up of the proportions that the media company's are taking in the selling of these products and films (don't forget, they have invariably recouped there outlay and more from the cinema's (for films)), and whilst the CD's (Music) are most proberly a more major concern, in that the record company pays the artist royalties etc, it is still a marketable product that is majorly overpriced at the outlet. If the Film and Music industry want to reduce the piracy further, they need to reduce the cost of the goods to the customer. If a person can get the genuine article at a more reasonable price, they would be more prepared to buy it, rather than take the chance of a dodgy pirate copy etc. People are fed up with over inflated prices. The record/film company's still make a profit, the artist still gets paid and the retailer makes their money & of course the government gets their bit of the action. result - Everyone happy except the prirates...

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