Thanks for sticking up for him Binsy, but we all know what's wrong with the system.

i don't think everyone is a plant stfu, just YOU, go & get a real job.

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I have custom firmware on my PSP, but I don't use it to pirate UMD's. Why? Because most of the games being put out on the PSP today aren't worth the bandwidth. Loco Roco 2, the GTA games and Final Fantasy are the only ones really worth it. I use mine mostly to emulate retro consoles such as the NES, Megadrive, the Scumm engine (for point 'n' clicks) and the Gameboys. The PSP is possibly one of the best development platforms out there. You can even run Windows on it, with the right emulators, and Sony completely ignore the talent of these amateur developers and attempt to stop them with firmware updates.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, everyone.

If we were to establish a party to try & change law we would be prosecuted by the the capitalists to generate even more funds for their so called cause. As Roze says below, we need to educate family & friends about the mafiaa, copywrong & file sharing to starve them of funds,without money they will not have millions of dollars to spend on lawyers to lie for them, only then can we organize into a file sharing party & battle on the same level to have them abolished & put the artists back in control of their art.

I think that the reason why they care so much, and why they have bothered to unite and become active, and why there is an active Piratbyran, and so on, is essentially due to the fact that they realize how important file-sharing is to society, not merely themselves, and that copyright itself is a threat to some basic civil rights such as the right to privacy. The final answer is that I do not know why: this is something for me to figure out.

I think that the reason why they care so much, and why they have bothered to unite and become active, and why there is an active Piratbyran, and so on, is essentially due to the fact that they realize how important file-sharing is to society, not merely themselves, and that copyright itself is a threat to some basic civil rights such as the right to privacy. The final answer is that I do not know why: this is something to figure out.

From what i've seen, Sweden has a brilliant attitude towards file-sharing in public and in parliament. Maybe im wrong, but the people there seem far less apathetic and more open and engaged in IP rights than elsewhere, i don't know why public awareness is more switched on there but perhaps we could learn something from them?

I think that the public perception is very important, but since the people who are already into file-sharing already have a positive view of file-sharing, I think that it is up to the people within file-sharing to give it a positive public image. The apathy is thus something to overcome, but I think that they can do good, since they are numerous – the only thing to do is to remind them why it is important not merely to be concerned with oneself but also to care about the law. Specifically, one thing that file-sharers can do is to introduce family and friends to file-sharing, and for file-sharers to tell their family and friends why it is bad to support the MAFIAA.

We've got no chance of changing anything at the moment because no-one is doing anything proactive to change the status quo. I honestly think BT is amazing but until someone gives a face (figuratively) to the "evil" "stealing" file-sharer then the general public perception of us, and the potential of bittorrent technology will always continue to be negative.