(note how when Bush said ‘The Beatles’ were one of his iPod tunes – at a time when they were not legally available – no-one ever tried to take him to court)

Now they think they can twist the ISP’s arms to stop sharing.

It’s just another pointless ‘King Canute’ act.

The truth is that sharing will never stop.

The truth is that instead of wasting millions on ever-more annoying
(to paying customers only, not actual commercial ‘pirates’ = the only real ‘priates’ out there)
DRM/’security’ they ought to be offering the kind of ‘added value’ in the retail package that encourages a sale.

It’s also true that supposedly ‘illegal’ downloading for non-commercial ‘try before buy’ personal use actually encourages sales.

The bit the industry can’t abide is that they also can ensure a definite no sale, their product is all too often over-priced garbage and simply not worth buying.
But the truth is that even if a download was not avialble no-one would have bought the garbage on offer anyways.
No sales are lost because there would never have been a sale to lose in the 1st place.

Even the motor industry will let you test-drive a car for several days or even a week or two.