A god damn video camera or a microphone could be a piracy tool, too. This is getting ridiculous. I'm sick of people in charge that don't know anything.
Did you consider that while "monged," the mere thought of beating up anyone, let alone grannies, doesn't even occur to you? But while "drunk," it occurs surprisingly often? Which one is wrong again?
It's not solely the fact that we can get the same thing elsewhere for free that did them in... It's also the fact that, in the new age of Internet-powered media which we're just starting to see dawn now, no one really should have to pay for anything.
You can't censor only certain things. It's all or nothing in the censor game.
The freedoms we have on the Internet are too well-established now to be removed. You think the government is the only entity that knows anything about the Internet? HA! They don't really know anything about it.