they were against piracy, people might be less likely to do it. If you care about someone's work, then you care about them getting paid for it. 2) Piracy is definitely wrong. However, I think it's also on the publishers/producers/etc to anticipate customer needs rather than try to dictate to the customer what they should want. Most of the piracy I see among people I know happens because a certain thing isn't available in a format they want, or isn't viewable in this country, or isn't on demand. The internet has made it so that people can get exactly what they want when they want it. Do I think this is the healthiest thing? No. But I DO think that the publishing and entertainment industries need to stop running their business models as if the internet isn't real. E-books shouldn't be in a "trial period" right now. Publishing should have figured out their e-book business model years ago! Rather than only worry about criminalizing piracy, publishing and film/TV should also be worrying about keeping up with the customers they want. Otherwise, the problem won't go away. ;-)I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in Rick's Casino! Really Paul, Publishers had absolutely no idea why readers were paying more for hardbacks? Thought it was because they got them early? Surely, logic says they would have printed them in the cheapest format and said 'early edition' on the cover (as is case with E-ARCs and ARCs)where the price is