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by sethb 6167 days ago
What keeps piracy alive is the fact that it's almost impossible to get caught. If people could shoplift in physical stores and there would be no consequences associated with it, I imagine that there would be more shoplifters.

I think it's essential for the future of digital products to come up with a viable ID system for the whole web, so people are more responsible. In this regard Facebook seems promising...