Fighting digital piracy an uphill struggle

With rapid technological progress and boundless cyberspace, the battle to combat digital piracy is fraught with difficulties.

While uploaders of copyrighted digital content are liable for prosecution, the downloaders are more difficult to catch.

Downloaders may be less guilty of piracy than uploaders, but they should also be punished for their disregard for intellectual property rights.

But the millions of Net users make enforcement and prosecution almost impossible.

Besides, a multitude of video-sharing websites like YouTube routinely flout anti-piracy laws and post copyrighted videos for public viewing.

There are privacy concerns over internet service providers giving personal information about Net users.