When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent Options

[boombaard]

perhaps an interesting/entertaining read: (not by my hand, found it yesterday)
http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2007/10/when...k-birth-of.html

For quite a long time I've been intending to post some sort of commentary on the music industry - piracy, distribution, morality, those types of things. I've thought about it many times, but never gone through with it, because the issue is such a broad, messy one - such a difficult thing to address fairly and compactly. I knew it would result in a rambly, unfocused commentary, and my exact opinion has teetered back and forth quite a bit over the years anyway. But on Monday, when I woke up to the news that Oink, the world famous torrent site and mecca for music-lovers everywhere, had been shut down by international police and various anti-piracy groups, I knew it was finally time to try and organize my thoughts on this huge, sticky, important issue.

edit2: thanks for editing the title, kind (and anonymous) moderator

This post has been edited by boombaard: Oct 29 2007, 23:57

[Artemis3]

And yet, Pepzhez is not the only one...

So plnelson, Do you get the message? It doesn't matter, others do. Your antiquated position will fade away leading to different model. The current generations will demand no less. Call it a "paradigm shift" or some other buzzword if you will and try to make benefit from it or go the way of the dinosaurs. But be assured that things won't remain the way they are, and threating your customers and fans like criminals will not win their hearts to you...

So be it.