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[thebitterguy]

Because I know a bunch of you find this stuff interesting, I present a bunch of articles from the Sun vis a vis downloading. They can all be found at the Canoe.ca/crossroads site:

• Six Steps to Fix the Music Biz
  
• Is the CD Dead?
  
• The Torrent Revolution has my favourite quote
  

  It's a simple document. It takes up just a few kilobytes on a server. It downloads to your computer in a matter of seconds. And many believe it is helping destroy the music industry.

  Duh Duh Duhhhhhh!
  
• The Top Five Excuses for downloading
  
• Canada is a pirate haven
  
• Independant music stores suffering. It's interesting that their main example is a chain record store.
  
• Anti-Piracy tactics futile. They even talk about how the Sun's music reviewer downloads music. For reviews only, wink wink.
  

Comments

[adamjury.livejournal.com]

"We're in a funny little bubble in Canada," contends Graham Henderson, president of the Canadian Recording Industry Association, which represents the major record labels. "And we're in that bubble because we don't have modern digital laws. We don't have a consensus of what's right and wrong."

This is the biggest load of shit. If the *only* thing that tells you an activity is "wrong" is the legality of it, the activity probably isn't that wrong to begin with.