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Originally Posted by redvelvetstudios  this idea has been suggested for weeks in this thread.
parking tickets for piracy would work. small enough to be fair but large enough to make buying music a better buy.
a cottage industry of collection agencies would take on the the collections just like they do with debt now - or the fines could be tacked onto your ISP bill. you can always elect to fight it too.
people will hate having to deal with it - it will be just enough of an annoyance to say the hell with it - I'll spend the damn 99 cents...
two things will happen
1) piracy will probably drop in half almost over night
2) total music consumption will drop rapidly as well - as a result the paid to piracy ratio may come to something like 70% paid within a year...
once that happens we can get a true sense of the marketplace and develop the best possible new models to meet the demands of PAYING CUSTOMERS.
that's a hell of lot better than 95% pirated now... |
That can only work when the whole organization of the internet traffic is changed form 'open' to 'regulated' and will not work for 'private exchange'.
To fine them you need to be able to find them.
Remember the high school kids that sold the copied cassettes form top40 broadcasts?