I just stumbled across an indeed very interesting quote, on Marc Lehmann’s site. The Guardianwrote the following (quote) on the 26th November:

The music and film industries are demanding that the European parliament extends the scope of proposed anti-terror laws to help them prosecute illegal downloaders. [...]

Bill Thompson, who is writing for the BBC, published a particularly interesting idea, on the same topic, which could be read as an answer, even though his post dates to the 25th November.

The record and movie industries need to realise that they are not special, they are not privileged and they do not have public support for the heavy-handed way they are dealing with the issues which increased access to digital content creates.

If they cannot come up with a business model which allows them to make profits without criminalising their customers, trampling over our civil liberties or installing malware on our computers then they do not deserve to stay in business, and new ways for artists to reach the public will have to emerge.

If you are interested on reading more on this topic, I suggest you visit Bill Thompsons article over at the BBC.