Hmm, good point JT.
2008/9/29 JT Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:15 AM, JT Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Anybody who lives on a budget will take pride in getting something for >> nothing. That is how it works. > > I should add to this -- digital theft is not a concept that is readily > understood by the masses yet. I highly doubt many people who torrent > or fileshare think of it as theft, not in any sort of serious way. The > goodies are right there for the taking, and nobody seems to notice > when you've taken the goodies either. There is so much grey area > morality involved. The idea of consequences from the clicks you make > while sitting in your home in your underwear and a beer is not a > reality for most people yet. That is a reason why the RIAA and MPAA > are using scare tactic lawsuits. But they're late, and it amounts to > punishing essentially innocent people for their own lateness. It's > just a total mess, but I imagine that digital theft will be > increasingly policed, and increasingly more ably policed, and the idea > of digital theft will be a much more broadly understood crime by the > mainstream in the not-too-distant future. It's inevitable. >
