1. what are your views on illegal downloading?
From a game industry point of view, I think it's one of the main reasons why there's no imaginative titles coming out, as all the companies are paranoid about titles becoming a flop, with the pressure of less revenue due to illegal downloading. It's wrong, and shouldn't be done, but unfortunately it has become an acceptable part of global society, and that's the biggest problem I think.
2. do you think the actions being taken to prevent downloads are effective or even necessary?
Effective, not a bit. DRM is a headache for law abiding purchasers more than it is a headache for illegal downloaders, illegal downloaders, despite media exposure, enjoy a greater degree of legal immunity compared to almost every other crime out there, and there are too many countries where pirates are free to operate. In a global pirate industry, all countries have to be singing from the same hymnsheet for anything to work. Nessecary, definately, as everything needs a place to start.
3. do you think the punishments given to convicted downloaders are fair or effective?
Neither. I don't think the punnishments are fair when the vast majority of people are able to get away with their activities, and a select few are handed over for the slaughter of the big corporations looking for a face to put to their lost profits. Effective, well if the punnishments were effective then illegal downloading wouldn't happen on the scale it is. Simple as that.
