Are you an author to know what authors really require? Are you sure that you are not the “simpleton” here. You are making a couple of really blank statements, and they dont match at all what I think creative people need.

Yes, some autghors, like scientists – ar enot dependent on money and they want the exposure.

Most authors are actually dependent on money coming in. And people like you disrespeect their expressed interest to be paid for their work.

Simple enough for you?

In any case, it’s amusing how the information available today both entertainment related or not has reached a point where you can’t buy everything you think it’s worth. The average income cannot afford everything the ordinary ppl want to buy and their primary needs. There’s simply too much to be bought and too much to be ‘consumed’. Even the stuff I download is suffering from saturation. I simply don’t have the time to watch everything. My friends and family have the highest priority. The result is that I end up deleting stuff I’ve downloaded without ever touching it.

Now to bring things to the article and the situation: doesn’t matter if they kill file sharing, ppl won’t buy more. Worse than this, they’ll just make ppl angry at them and lose the publicity that file sharing brings in for free.

Unfortunately it sets a precedent that’s bad for every1. Bad for the consumers, bad for the advertisers, bad for the internet service providers and bad to the MAFIAA themselves. But it seems that the old generation that holds the power nowadays seems to be too myopic to see what lies ahead and what evils their actions will bring in the long term.

Fortunately they’ll die at some point. Naturally.

What’s left to us is to hold our positions till the time they lose their power to the inevitability of life: death. Then we’ll see fresh air in this issue. And many other issues.

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Also, the fact that property is being seized based solely on an accusation, not a conviction, is deeply troubling. Anti-piracy advocates cannot expect support if they violate the rules of due process. Horrible precedent and likely unconstitutional.