Leave Our Net Alone!
Vivendi can go stick this up their arse as far as I am concerned…
Like it or lump it, the Internet is a playground where people are still relatively free. Piracy of content has always gone on – tape recorders were never banned, so why should file sharing?
I can tell you right now IF you put out content that is worth paying for, then people WILL pay for it. Personally I’m much happier being able to download a book, movie or audio for free, and if it’s a sack of crap I delete it and move on. If it’s something that’s of value to me, I go buy a copy.
Not everyone will do this, but that’s always been the case – deal with it, get over it, and allow the deliciously anarchic nature of the Net to continue to exist. If you control the net too tightly, someone will simply build a new one.
