Posts by Studebaker Hawk

UK cops arrest six alleged BitTorrent music uploaders

Supporting Bands...

I will continue to support the acts that I like in the ways that see the most money going to them: merchandise and live performances.

BitTorrenters seek sanctuary in Pirate Bay

Intellectual Property of Media = Protection for the already well protected

Let's keep this brief:

1. Musicians don't make their money from record sales, their labels do. Musicians make money from touring, merch, and cheezy personal appearances. File sharing will never take these sources of revenue away.

2. I don't feel bad stealing TV shows since the advent of DVR. I don't feel bad stealing movies. I watch movies over and over again, and if its really quite good, I want to see it on a big digital screen with an excellent stereo rather than my tiny comp.

And finally:

3. Variable quality of the downloaded media, possibility of tainted files, and the majority of people who say BT and file sharing in general is "too complicated for them" or "is the domain of computer geniuses" will always provide a ready wave of pod people ready to shove their hard earned dollars into the pockets of those with already full pockets.