Just making something illegal doesn't prevent it from happening--there also need to be laws providing mechanisms for investigation and enforcement.
The phone companies have all sorts of legal duties to law enforcement. If a court orders it, they have to assist with taps, traces, geolocation, call records, etc.
As you say, piracy is already illegal. And we know there's a ton of casual piracy that goes on--see:
The phone companies have all sorts of legal duties to law enforcement. If a court orders it, they have to assist with taps, traces, geolocation, call records, etc.
As you say, piracy is already illegal. And we know there's a ton of casual piracy that goes on--see:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/its-official...
So the question is: what mechanisms of enforcement can dampen casual piracy and yet be acceptable to most tech companies?