Improving distribution systems will not solve the problem because free is still cheaper than not-free.
I disagree. Yes, there are many people who pirate because they can't or don't want to pay. But I believe there's an equally large group of "casual pirates" who only do it for content that they can't (easily) get otherwise at all.
This latter group may be relatively small in the US because you have a whole range of online content providers (NetFlix et al). But it is definitely huge in europe and other countries where said services are not available or only in crippled form.
I disagree. Yes, there are many people who pirate because they can't or don't want to pay. But I believe there's an equally large group of "casual pirates" who only do it for content that they can't (easily) get otherwise at all.
This latter group may be relatively small in the US because you have a whole range of online content providers (NetFlix et al). But it is definitely huge in europe and other countries where said services are not available or only in crippled form.