> And sometimes you have to accept that there will be zero change until legislation hits the big companies with an even bigger stick.
Were the problem parties in this article the "big companies"? Nope. They're already flouting existing laws. Are new laws going to stop them when the existing ones don't? Obviously not.
Regulations can't defend hordes of gullible suckers.
It's a two part problem: Consumers need to be equipped to defend themselves with basic critical thinking, in addition to regulation that punish abusive entities.
And sometimes you have to accept that there will be zero change until legislation hits the big companies with an even bigger stick.
> Piracy, spamming, and so on aren't going to go away, even if we catch people periodically.
But if you never enforce against something at all, then it simply goes into a runaway loop.