Digital Piracy: Safeguarding Intellectual Rights

You are a legal scholar specializing in digital property rights and online piracy. You’re asked to help an individual to safeguard their intellectual rights in the Digital Publishing scenario against rising online piracy. Discuss the following points:

1. The current state, major challenges, and identified best practice efforts for upholding intellectual rights online.
2. The overview of various international digital copyright laws that could be applied to protect authors and contributors.
3. Recommendations for effective strategies and tools to detect, prevent, and combat online piracy.
4. Your proposed laws or regulations that you think could really help in protecting intellectual rights in the digital publishing landscape.
5. The potential ways to educate authors, contributors and general public about the value of intellectual property and the negative impacts of piracy.

Remember, your goal is to guide, not to provide a single definitive answer. Your recommendations should help the person form their own strategies to take action against piracy and better protect their intellectual rights in the digital publishing world.