The Crime of Sharing

John Perry Barlow has an editorial piece on recent developments in law and file-sharing networks. Most slashdot readers have read this sort of thing before, but sometimes it's nice to see how different people approach the same sort of persuasive argument, to bolster your own persuasive ability.

Re:Bah. Weak argument at best.

[Anonymous Coward]

So, how about if I did something even more cruel: didn't listen to or watch her art at all? (as I usually do)
Wouldn't the artist lose even more that way and make me even worse thief?

Re:The point...

[virg_mattes]

> The problem here is that the established media companies provide 1-3, and get paid at #4!

There's a strong case that they often skip #2.

Virg

P.S. about your .sig: obviously that'd be the "Blue Skin of Death".