I have been analyzing the whole "copywrite" thing in the US throughout these last couple of months.... there has been numerous cases that pertain the piracy issue in the US. Like the guy that got finned over half a million dolla, for downloading some songs over the P2P network limewire (which eventually made the network shut down).
This reminds me of the time of Napster.... it was a great time to live, at 13 with a telephone modem computer, with AOL... good times, yes. But that didn't last.
The matter in question is, why can't people upload their files to share without making a profit off it. It's just like sharing a dvd to a friend so he can watch a movie, I'm not making a profit off it. That criteria should be used in these cases. If I upload a cd I bought so people can download it and enjoy it as much as I do, they should be able to, I'm not charging them.
For example, the latest controversy is upload servers like Megaupload, Rapidshare and Hotfile... they are really making a profit with the stuff that's uploaded, but the users aren't. The scenario is painted like so: individual A, uploads to server B content C..... individual D finds the content on the server and downloads it, but the server B gives you the option to have an account to download the content at a faster speed, so technically they aren't making a profit with the content but they are with a "service". Although in most cases, user A and D get penalized because of uploading and downloading the content, being that they aren't making any money off it. I find it quite unfair.
Don't get me wrong, I know the music industry, movie industry and tv productions are suffering, but seriously you can't blame piracy for that, that's because these industries have been trying the same models for selling content, and it's getting old for users. You really don't want to see these industries affected, but there's technological advances that allow you to record TV shows?? Really, so who's fault is it??
You should have thought of that before, because like many things in technology, there's no way back. I love technology, I will always be for it, no matter what Herbet Marcuse says in the Unidimensional Man, it is a sign of progress, and information is power. Society and it's laws are always behind technology, if you really want to regulate you have to be a lot more on the verge of the newest things. And that goes out to the governments, industries and tech companies.... so quit complaining......
