I don't think Anime downloads will take that much of a hit, there's still irc.

I see what you are saying Assertn, i also like the social aspect of going to the movies therefore i rarely download movies. But it still is a very expensive way of having fun, since i'm in school and don't get that much money i can't do it too much.

I thought about this subject a few days ago and what if MPAA partnered up with the internet suppliers and charge extra for every downloaded file or something. I realize it would be hard to do something like that but it's still an alternative, the way they work now they will never stop the downloading completly unless some new international extreme law against it is passed.