> Has an anti-piracy campaign targeting the public in the last 40+ years ever actually worked?<p>A nasty consideration: if these anti-piracy campaigns <i>did</i> work, the anti-piracy organizations would go out of business because the problem is then solved - this is against their incentives. Instead these organizations' incentive is to put on a big anti-piracy show to make an impression an the customers from the media industry. But this show must not be too successful to reduce piracy, since there are no subsequent contracts if the piracy "problem" disappears.
This article cites a single article discussing self-reported results from an online survey, published in the Journal of Business Ethics. I am not ready to call the matter settled.
The UK is just doing it wrong.<p>You've got to be cool with the message for the fellow kids, dog.<p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI</a> (1992)<p>... and that's how the US solved digital piracy and never had to worry about it again.
One reason I archive everything I can is that soon, it will be impossible to get it.<p>Another reason I archive is because soon, it will all fit in a phone-like-device powered by its environment and impervious to damage.
But why? Increased awareness that piracy is an option? Feeling that the punishment risk disincentive substitutes the moral guilt disincentive? Or just the power of contrarianism and risk-seeking?
Reminds me of anti smoking ads. Every time I see one of those I feel the urge to go to the corner store to buy a pack. Something about those preachy ads annoys the living hell out of me.<p>Edit: should preface I’m a former smoker and I loved smoking. Problem is, smoking didn’t love me and I had to quit if I wanted to continue with my gym hobby xD
Q: There are few companies that have done more to enable the spread of IPTV in the uk than Amazon and their easily modable firestick. That has opened up IPTV to a non-tech audience, via the dodgy guy in the pub selling something that just works.<p>Is this in part a predatory attack on media companies, a la BSkyB/NDS on ITV Digital[1]?<p>[1] - <a href="https://www.thejc.com/news/panorama-claims-nds-hacking-brought-down-itv-digital-at2pd5bt" rel="nofollow">https://www.thejc.com/news/panorama-claims-nds-hacking-broug...</a>