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by s1artibartfast 2200 days ago
It seems like you are taking everything to the extreme. We have legal copyright protections now and all of the tools you mentioned still exist. Copyright holders are going after major distributors, and a few pirates to make examples of them.

>Do you want a world where only licensed programmers can develop software? A world where only software developed by these people will ever run?

While I think conclusion is absurd, I would prefer it to one where content creators have no rights.