’cause we all know it’s wrong, and we’d never EVER do that.
Unless, of course, somebody told us we couldn’t.
Finger-wagging by groups like the RIAA directly increases the visibility of piracy.
RIAA: “Don’t download StarWars Episode III, or you’re bad!”
AverageJoe: “Dude, you can download movies?”
RIAA: “Yes, using BitTorrent, you can. So don’t.”
AverageJoe: “Let me get a pen, what’s it called again?”
AverageSteve: “What’re you doing?”
AverageJoe: “I’m gonna download movies!”
AverageSteve: “Awesome!”
RIAA: “Hey, cut that out! Don’t download new movies and music! Give that money to us!”
AverageJoe: “What money? I wasn’t going to see EP3 or buy the new Madonna album anyway – I was gonna wait for the DVD, and listen to the single on the radio 25 times a day if I want to.”
AverageSteve: “My nephew knows how to copy them DVD thingies.”
RIAA: “Cracking DECSS is evil and wrong, and using program like DVD Decrypter to make copies is immoral, so we shut them down, too.”
AverageJoe: “Wait, wait, let me get my pen again.”
AverageSteve: “What’re you doing now?”
AverageJoe: “After I download this movie, I’m gonna make copies of my Rogers rentals using some kinda DVDSS thing.”
RIAA: “STOP IT! Artists are starving in the streets! Look at poor Celine Dion! Bryan Adams!”
AverageJoe: “…”
AverageSteve: “…”
AverageJoe: “Do you have any blanks? I think it’ll only take a few more copies to kill off Celine…”
AverageSteve: “Here’s two, think we can take a chunk outta 50cent, too?”
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