Morals on the verge

November 17, 2009, 20:42
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Todays hot topic is illegal downloading and we have a full on war between the the people that are against it and praise it. Both sides have valid points, sure. The question is where do you stand in the end when things goes really out of hand?

I will not be a hypocrite yes I download and do it without guilt. I try to not defend it and for the most part I buy the music/film after a while if it was any good. From the beginning it was kinda a middle finger to the evil Music/record companies but nowadays I wonder. I do not consider myself to be one of the followers of the new generation of teens that think that to get the latest movies/music for free is a political matter. I mean damn! Its not that hard to figure out that you cannot keep using other peoples work without contributing our capitalistic world does not work that way.

But then again you cant stop progress and our laws of copyright is put of date to the new technologies. Few attempts have been done to reach a middle ground like Spotify. But I honestly whack myself with a hammer before I let that little squirt Darin talk between my songs.

As you may se I am split in this subject and stand somewhere in the gray zone both sides have valid points but then again both sides have real douche bags to. And I think the laws of copyrights must change to fit the world of this internet I keep hearing about. But the attitude of all the little punks out there that think downloading without buying the actual movie is a crime without a victim is wrong.

The scary thing is the legal actions that has been taken to stop the illegal downloading. The swedish government gave us the FRA. The idea was if the state could monitor everything we do on the internet without constraints then the problem should have been fixed, right?This is exactly what they shouldn’t done! Instead of meting the problem with a real solution or at least open the issue to discuss. Instead they have incriminated a whole generation and made the gap between government and downloaders miles wider. I smell the steps towards a swedish version of CCTV and that is not a pleasant thought.

The middle ground haven’t truly been reached yet and I am very interested of what the future hold for us.