I'd rather hear drashek comments than paul comments, they at least are genuine (and come off more intelligent), and don't seek to insult people's intellect and aren't balancing on the troll line.

It's nice that they let anyone comment though, that's getting rare these days, but admittedly it IS damn hard to moderate in a calm fashion and not ban left and right, if you take the internet-idiocy one observes into account. If I owed youtube for instance I'd be struggling to not ban 99.99% of the commenters.

Paul, you are wrong in everything you say.

First, let's get the English usage error out of the way: it's "drivel", not "dribble".

You seem to believe the writer is trying to get copyright laws changed, but he plainly isn't. He's reporting on people and corporations who want to change copyright laws. With DCMA, guilt is presumed before innocence. No injunction has to be served to prevent material from circulating: all it takes is a complaint from someone claiming copyright, whether or not that claim is true. This isn't what we signed up to when copyright was established.

Your next rant about stealing and purchasing is completely off base. Please re-read the article, this time with an effort to understand it. Note the mention of the McCain-Palin campaign stealing music and the context in which it lies.

Having convinced yourself the writer -- and not the McCain-Palin campaign -- is promoting piracy, you continue in the same vein. Please, do try harder. As it is, you come across as an irresponsible, tripe-writing, RIAA cheerleader.

How does it feel?

The internet made the supply of copies of information virtually unlimited (it's the originals that have a limited supply) which makes the classical economic rules obsolete. Applying these rules to such a system which is exactly what selling copies of information does inevitably leads to paradoxes.

Piracy is such a paradox. And it cannot stay unresolved forever. Two main things that impede it are the old ways of thinking and the copyright laws. The former will eventually change once more and more people realize the nature of the piracy paradox. The latter going to be updated when the former are transformed.

To sum it up, pretty soon the rules of information trading are going to change. Either that or we are going to see the internet shut down within the next decade. After all, bringing the old system back is also an option.

Despite Nick Farrell's constant bashing of the DCMA, copyright laws and all who support them and his pandering to the pirates, EFF, etc. his dribble will not change copyright laws.

Copyright laws exist to protect art which includes music, video, software, etc. If you want these items then purchase them like everyone else does. There ain't no free lunch in this world and none of the fools who believe there is, were born with some God given entitlement to steal whatever they feel like.

It's time for Nick and the pirates to buy a clue with their next music, video or software purchase. Talking smack about copyright laws just shows how ignorant Nick is. It's surprising The Inquirer allows him to post such irresponsible tripe everyday.

If it hurts enough, he just might enact some legislation to do something about the DCMA.

The McCain-Palin campaign has been using music without permission prominently in their events. And no surprise really, because (by and large) only country & western artists are willing to let them use their music. You steal what you desperately need, in this case intellect(ual property).

I know the people at the Inq are just about all libertarian, but is the McCain-Palin campaign really your beam of hope? Really?

I especially this bit at the end of Arstechnica's article:

"...the McCain campaign suggests that human screening apply only to political campaigns".

I cannot help but be reminded of Sam Vimes' excuse that it's different because "it's me doing it".