How do you beat the content producers at their own game? By creating a new model. Kanopy is a streaming service that charges libraries for content [news.com.au] instead of users making for a sustainable model for distributing content locked by copyright laws. By charging government backed money logged entities for distribution rights the content makers obtain the money they are after while the public has limited access to the movies they want to see making for a win-win situation.
Anything has to be better than suing your customers in the hope of squeezing money from a stone.