Steal this Film! (no really, they want you to)
Just watched a nice little documentary entitled 'Steal this Film'. I got it through bittorrent legally. Technically, the film is copyrighted but the creators of it said to steal it. They merely copyrighted it strictly so no one could "legally" acquire it (hence, you have to steal it). Confused? Basically this documentary is about the popularity of The Pirate Bay and the following that it has caused (including The Pirate Party in Sweden). The Pirate Bay is the most popular tracker of bittorrent files in the world. The easiest way to understand them is this: They organize movies, tv shows and software downloads just like Google organizes web search. If you do a Google search on 'creating a bomb' (and it leads you to a site that helps you create a bomb) is Google responsible? Of course not. This analogy translates over to The Pirate Bay to basically say that they aren't doing anything illegal either. Check out stealthisfilm.com to see what it's all about. By the way, I just may get a visit from the Feds for doing a Google search for 'creating a bomb'. Hopefully this won't be my last post. www.derekmartin81.com
