More than ever actually, I'm afraid that my access to all this knowledge has its days counted, so I'm trying to get the most out of it while it lasts. I feel so bad for being so lazy all this years and don't download as much as I should have. You know, the funny thing is that all this fight against torrents and file lockers only works in favor of the
real pirates, the underground cartels that are selling DVDs on the streets for a profit. When people find that they can't longer watch movies online for free what are they going to do? Run for the cheapest alternative of course: pirate dvds; those sellers must be joyfully jumping on one leg right now, sales must be thru the roof after megaupload went down. Remember how a decade ago the streets were filled with pirate music CDs, but a few years after, when a lot more "normal" people caught up with file sharing software and web resources like youtube that made it easier to access mp3 and music for them almost all music oriented pirate CDs disappeared from the streets? I bet they are coming back with a vengeance.
I wonder who is really behind all this? But more importantly why are
they enforcing it all in such a vicious way right now? It looks even worse than last century crusade against recreational drugs! If they keep going like this I may find myself forced to never buy any kind of record or movie DVD ever again, 'cause quite honestly I can't support this type of conduct. I find all this very nasty, a direct attack against freedom of information, and that in my opinon is a much worse form of organized crime against society than piracy or e-sharing copyrighted material, if that last thing can even be considered a crime at all.
"Members of the public can become facilitators of organised crime by obtaining property or services from its perpetrators," a Soca spokesman said.
Holy shit! We all are now criminals! Welcome to the past!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkYl_AH-qyk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6MGVpl5ux8
I hope I hadn't commit a crime or become a
facilitator of organised crime just by posting those links!
It seems that music, films, literature, art and culture in general will be again an exclusive benefit accessible only to the wealthy. Expect new copyright laws that grant rights for a couple of centuries, not so much for the artists but for the labels and record companies that will be profiting from them.
Once upon a time the laws used to be created for the overall benefit of society, now it seems that they are custom designed for the benefit of corporations. It's a brave new world indeed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqcizZebcaU
More relevant than ever!