Will We Ever See a End To Internet Piracy ?

[Manage My Cables]

Kind of a open ended question for those who are more versed in the subject ? So will we ever see a end to internet piracy or piracy in general  ?  

 

Would love too hear what everyone has to say !!

[alexjt11]

I highly doubt it. There has always been piracy.

[Chasem121]

As long as there are programs that cost money and are pirate-able, people will pirate.
 

[KuJoe]

Never.

[tlink]

no, its like asking if crime will ever stop. i believe there is a place and a time where even piracy can be justified so i doubt that it will seize to exist. there is too much incentive to pirate.

[You_are_a_cunt]

Unlikely. People will always find a way to pirate things.

Hell, back in the day people would make copies of vinil records with what amounts to household materials (if done right you couldn't tell the difference between the original and the bootleg)

[JuztBe]

I think we might if looking at purely software. Eventually everything could switch to "always online" and that could be the solution(not necessarily good one) 
I really doubt that music and film piracy is ever going to stop.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Hopefully not.  Without piracy, I wouldn't have discovered a tenth of the music I listen to nowadays and less than a quarter of the movies and series I watch. 

 

A world without piracy would mean I'd have a lot more money though, as I do buy every song, movie and series I like.  And that amount is a lot larger that it would be if I hadn't downloaded all that stuff first to check it out.

[scottyseng]

I'm pretty much saying no. Piracy can help teach people that are poor though, growing up in a poor family, if I had to pay for all of the software I learned to use as a kid, I would be much less tech savvy / poor in software skils. I know educational software is free, but I was learning AutoCAD and Adobe in middle school...having to wait until college to even get free educational licenses is too long in my opinion.

 

That being said, as I grew up, I am starting to appreciate the software I downloaded back then and slowly buying software, music, and anime as we pay off our family debts still. I'm starting to convert over to buying stuff now since we now have a better income because of the software skills I learned.

[minibois]

Yep, once application creators decide to make their stuff free and only make money from optional stuff (DLC's for example) and selling private info.