You know, what I'd like to see with America is this:
Someone who actually understands the state that things have become from the consumers' perspective figure out a way to sue absolutely everybody who has pirated a movie all at once for the full amount possible. No class action or anything, just 50 million (or so) lawsuits at once. Clog the courts. Then, everyone who has been sued declare bankruptcy. Imagine 20 percent of the citizens declaring bankruptcy in the US. THEN, the government would finally step in and tell the stupid movie studios to figure out a new way to do business.
the movie studios don't understand the concept of an economy of scale. this is the first problem. Second, it's not like Americans don't spend enough on entertainment. Look at the debt crisis that just happened. Americans are spending absolutely every dollar they can muster up. Obviously, some of this goes to the entertainment industry. They need to realize that it's next to impossible to squeeze the american people for any more money than they already spend.
So here's an idea: create a system that allows us to spend just a little more money than we already do to legally have the rights to view/own even more than we are watching/downloading. this would be a huge compromise that I think most people would settle for. Then, we would be in a little more debt, but the companies wouldn't have to spend so much money on legal costs to fight these people....It's basically a win-win.
Just my 2 cents...