File sharing is only a problem to monopolistic cartels to whom the notion of freedom of choice represents the greatest peril.

I’m danish, my pc has now been running for 54 days, and that means that utorrent has been running on my pc for 54 days..

I’ve uploaded 7,4 TB of nice techno music in this period!

AND FUCK THE bitchass “RIGHT-HOLDERS” !!!

I’m a member of the danish pirate party, and dont give at SHIT about copyright, copyright is outdated, and has been abused/manipulated by the industry!

The movie industry will have a nice way to see which movies in which countries are popular…

Games industry the same thing…
They don’t even need to press the disc or give me any support. If i want to go online, i’ll purchase a license key. That could be done through things such as Steam.

As for the music industry… same thing, although i really think artists should be the owners of their music and not some company that just buys the music and then exploits anyone else who also wants to listen to it.
Seems they are well aware of what gets downloaded a lot and what not… so from that they can figure out how to split the money among them…

” looks good on paper…
here in illinois if you get pulled over by the police and they search your car, oh and they will,they will confiscate any burned/pirated c.d.s they find in your car. i just lost 26 cds the other day for speeding.
i cant believe the fate of our mental freedom from jackbooted thugs hinges on bittorrent…”

Firstly, if you look up the meaning of the word ‘statute’ in Black’s law dictionary (I did do this a while back but can’t remember the exact wording) it means an ACT or BILL which is given LEGAL status with the CONSENT of those governed by it. Now, if you don’t agree with the statute there is no way that you can be made to be bound by it.

The police officer who pulled you over has sworn an oath of office. It may surprise you that all police forces are in fact CORPORATIONS (this information is available on the Dunn & Bradstreet website), and when stopped, if you give your name to the officer you are entering into a CONTRACT, which means in turn that you agree to the statute that he used to pull you over.

These statutes ride on top of the constitutional laws and therefore carry no lawful weight. For example, where in the constitution (real law) does it say that you CANNOT travel at 150mph on any road after a night out on the booze? Again, where does it say that you CANNOT download any media you see fit?

The police officer’s oath of office applies to constitutional law, NOT legal law – there is a huge difference between lawful and legal, and therefore he can be made to abide by his oath, which is to protect and serve YOU. Under statute law (legal) the officer may have had a right to confiscate (perhaps because you granted him this right by entering into a contract). However under constitutional law (lawful) aka. “common law” he was STEALING from you.

All this is far too complex to explain in full on here, but those interested can visit http://www.tpuc.org/ This is a British site but also applies to the USA, Canada and Europe. Watch the 40 minute video on the left of the page entitled “It’s an illusion” by John Harris.

Another good read is “How I Clobbered Every Bureaucratic Cash-Confiscatory Agency Known To Man” by Mary Elizabeth Croft. This is freely available to download in PDF format. Just Google her name.

PS. I am not a lawyer.