I just read an article from the Epic Fu blog (by Steve Woolf) about piracy and the Pirate Bay's recent court battle. I posted a comment on the article but I will post my reply here as well.
Original article: [link]
Summary (by myself):
Studios think they beat the Pirate Bay and pirate movement in court with sentence but they are wrong. They are making people more aware and sites most likely will not be shut down. In an ideal world, piracy would not exist, but this isn't an ideal world. Piracy is here. It will never leave. However, if studios could appeal more to the consumer's new needs (media when, where, and how they want it) people may be willing to support them.
My retort:
You are contradicting yourself. You yourself said:
"So why does piracy exist? Are people really just thieves underneath it all? Of course not. People use sites like the Pirate Bay because it's available to them."
Piracy has long been upon us. Almost all media is free. Why would people pay a flat monthly rate like $9.99 for unlimited content if the unlimited content is already free? People who aren't afraid to pirate music, films, television, etc. will not stop now. Some like to say that if they could play a small fee like this they would. But would they? I doubt it. Piracy is never going to leave. These studios that think they have won anything are, as you said, completely wrong. They are putting piracy more and more into the mainstream's attention.
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