Old World 1, New World 0. The four defendants in the landmark The Pirate Bay case, taking place in Sweden, have all been found guilty, and sentenced to one year in jail. They also received a hefty fine of USD 3.58 million to 17 
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Member since:2005-06-28
Your reply to the guy was similar to that stupid reply Linux wheenies give to people who don't like the distros: "Linux is only the kernel", they say, to avoid the real issues the users are describing.
The guy before you was right. If you don't want the current state of affairs, you simply do NOT pirate and you do NOT buy these corporations' works. The Gandhi approach WORKS, and it's the only one that does.
You use Creative Commons and indie stuff, LIKE I DO most of the time (I have minimized my purchases of big RIAA/MPAA relases, and I mostly get indie music). Our mp3 players at home doesn't have a single pirated song in it either.
I have written more about all this on my blog post (wrote it before this article went live). http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/
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2005-11-14
This is nonsense. Disliking movies != disliking the way their parent companies do business.
The MPAA has no product. The people who do the hard work to actually make movies have a product, but the MPAA controls it and exploits it, because they're a freaking cartel.