![]() As one whose living depends on copyright protection, I couldn't see myself denying others the value of their creative labors. ![]() But I never really joined the trend, and did a lot more buying than downloading. The music industry has famously fought back, killing Napster with litigation and even suing individuals who shared songs on a large scale. Unfortunately, it was also a massive, collective violation of copyright. Any song I could think of, any band - Ultimate Spinach! The Zeros! - was out there, crammed into a kind of massive, collective memory bank. In the 90's, when Napster started, I tried it and was stunned to see the collaborative jukebox in the ether. ![]() I'm talking about copyright infringement, an international pastime enjoyed by millions thanks to file-trading services like Kazaa. Of course, I am not talking about songs like "A Pirate's Life For Me" (We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot/Drink up me 'earties, yo ho!), but about the latter-day practice that its title suggests. IT was time for the Schwartzes to go legit. ![]()
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