Um, Tim? You just described exactly what I meant. OVerly regulated supply in an era that aloows for freeform distribution creates a market for people that want to DL stuff or share stuff easily.

The market has responded by loosening itself up and creating new, legit, methods. Legitimacy is, slowly, winning, but it took a long time to get there.

The stamping out of the competitor system? That would be a manifestation of the market at work. Can't remember if it was Tupman or Hindmoor that told me economic crime is simply the market getting around regulation, but it was one of them, and they're both dodgy lefties...