[TheEngineer]

The same way you stop every other crime -- by enforcing the law against individual violators. Duh.

And yet, with law enforcement unable to get a handle on the overwhelming number of internet-enabled copyright violations, you criticize the music industry for trying to take its protection into its own hands (eg. DRM) and protect their copyrights. That's like telling someone, "Don't protect yourself... Wait for the cops to arrive."

'Duh' yourself.

[steve-b]

Digital Restriction Management schemes which infringe upon the fair-use rights of law-abiding consumers (i.e. all of them offered to date) are unacceptable, for the same reason explosive booby-traps which endanger innocent bystanders are unacceptable.