We can say the same about taxes and regulations: if it&#x27;s too high, individuals will just go elsewhere.  For some reason, we always try to punish the individuals that do this.<p>Piracy will only continue to make it more difficult for small and mid-sized companies to compete.  The multi-national corporations will always have the resources to wait out the slaughter.<p>The end result will be the same as what we have with the music industry: huge companies owning all of the media.