Originally Posted by Socks

I agree that a good strategy in today's piracy environment is to provide free incentives, but let's face it, creating stuff costs money. People create stuff to make money. Let's get past that.

I also don't believe piracy is all bad. Microsoft is the biggest software company in the world, and it's because of piracy they were able to get there, imo.

But clearly music has been watered down by it's free availability that has led Radiohead for example to that belief. They don't believe music should be free, they just believe that right now, it's a good idea to side with the often maniacal hordes of teens who have no understanding of ownership, no understanding of working for a living, and throw all logic and reason out of the window to hang on to something they don't want to lose - free shit.

Piracy will always be around, but it's gone way too mainstream. It's not a few computer geeks sending around a few programs anymore. It's wide open for everyone on free websites.. It can't continue like that forever.

I'm scared that by forcing the government to regulate the internet, they're going to be stupid about it and go too far. But at some point, their hands will be forced by the people's inability to control themselves.