filesharing misfire
This article, published on the Guardian site today and written by Anne Wollenberg, is one of the worst discussions of filesharing I've ever come accross. That said, it's worth a read simply to discover the the extent to which it is unutterable, unreadable, gibberish. Hopefully when the day comes when publishers are forced to defend their copyright in the face of mass downloading, we’ll be more eloquent – and less fatheaded – than this.
Sample:
"Hey, how about I help myself to your car while you're on holiday. It's OK, I'm not going to deprive you of it – I'll leave it where I found it, with the same amount of petrol and everything, so that's fine, right?"
Christ. That analogy doesn't even work. Someone offers a swift correction in the comments section, thankfully, replying:
"No, but if you want to buy the raw equipment and materials to make an exact copy of my car, knock yourself out".
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