THEIVES AND SCUM

Reynolds once again speaks in praise of criminals on the internet. He, like a ton of other scumbags, thinks it's OK to steal music and deny royalties to the creators, the performers, and the publishers. He, like others, believes that everyone who decides they "want it" and don't intend to pay for it are "entitled" to it. And of course he only links to other sites that endorse fleecing the creators thus leaving the impression that everyone on the web also wants to steal. But that presents a false picture. Here are some links that back up the decision, the artists, producers, and performers. HERE

And Google links to 836 other articles that support the artists.

If you walked into a record store and stole the CD you'd be charged with theft; but if you roam the web and steal songs, Reynolds and his gang think it's fine. I speak for the artists when I say, please pay for the tunes you want.

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that purveyors of file-sharing offerings can be found liable for copyright infringement. We think this ruling in the Grokster case is positive for providers of legitimate online media services such as Apple Computer, Audible, Napster, and RealNetworks. Contrary to conventional wisdom, we think illegal use of peer-to-peer networks to obtain copyrighted material is still pervasive, and that hundreds of millions of P2P downloads are completed daily.

Reynolds and pals don't give a shit for copyright---unless it is their copyright, natch. Here is an evenhanded review of the winners and losers---note the losers include

eDonkey, LimeWire, Kazaa and others of their ilk: Unrestricted file-swapping sites could face a new wave of litigation following the ruling, which appears to place the burden on them to show that they are not encouraging the subversion of copyright laws.

Stealing movies is now illegal too. Only the copyright thieves community loses. I'm glad. From my reading of the "blogs" there are very few endorsing theft of copyright.