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WOT, please stop these trolls from using your scheme to falsely claim that sites they disagree with are phishing or spreading malware. WOT was not intended as a means for censorship. If you don't stop these trolls, WOT's reputation will go down the drain.

I agree with the other commenters about this site. The era of copyright is over. Looking at a list of IP filters for my filesharing client, the majority of bad IPs are owned by lawyers. They all want to get their piece of pie. It's got nothing to do with protecting art! I totally agree with the idea of "ignoring stars out of existence", too...

Pro-Copyright group attempting to spread misleading\false information to young kids through school systems.. Very inappropriate analysis of Lawrence Lessig's book.. Site doesn't approve of Creative Commons.. Doesn't represent a fair analysis of current affairs regarding copyright.. No schools should be using this content.

items of truth: this site encourages propaganda to be used inappropriately in a school society. we cannot let this corrupt our rights. wise words: “You can resist an invasion of armies, but you cannot resist an idea whose time has come” Victor Hugo Today, on the 17th of April 2009, as a result of political pressure on the court of the sovereign state of Sweden and based on fabricated evidence, a judge with important ties to the copyright lobbies made a shameful decision – decision to sacrifice the interests of 7 billion people and their aspiration for free access to information. Information, that is now held by a bunch of greedy monopolists from the last century, who want to keep earning money out of thin air despite the fact that the world is no longer in need of their services. During the time of their monopoly, they have appropriated the most part of the musical and cinematographical achievements of twentieth century and now are trying to extend their rights to these achievements, thus guaranteeing a stable income out from nothing. They aim to preserve outdated business models for decades, which is contrary to the trends of technological, social and economical development, decentralization and diversification of business that become more and more apparent every year. The backwardness of these media dinosaurs, their hostility towards the developing humankind can be noticed by anyone, but the Law is still behind their backs. Unfortunately, the legitimacy of laws concerning the so called “copyright” is supported by a widespread myth: the only way authors can receive a well-deserved compensation for their efforts is by selling (cheaply, as statistics show) their so called “exclusive property rights” to a so called “publisher”. This “publisher” then, who has exclusive access to expensive equipment, sales channels and valuable connections, earns millions. Or did earn – until the time Internet became mainstream. Due to the popularity of Internet, consumers now have more convenient means of accessing and listening to music than when the distribution was dominated by the physical media. The latter are simply no longer necessary. Well, sometimes, you need to back up your information, but physical media is getting cheaper and cheaper every year, and while music consumption grows, it does not do so exponentially. So, in order to listen to music, a consumer does different things today comparing to thirty years ago. The publishers, with millions invested into the entire chain of traditional music distribution, are now pushed aside, like all those people before them, those, who have missed the digital revolution. Thus, everything they have thought to be long-time investments in business is now, so it seems, unwanted crap. The earnings started to drop –during the nineties in developed countries – and the “publishers” hadn’t time to react. They did react though, with spreading lies and propaganda. “Users, you should be ashamed of themselves, it is certainly convenient to you, but how are the musicians going to get paid?” And, for a time, this myth has been absorbed by the minds of the society. It appeared even in cartoons made by Disney Corporation, the founder of which is now rolling in his grave because of the mockery that his “successors” caused to justice in America and everywhere else… But today, more and more musicians are speaking out loudly, realizing the opportunities Internet can bring them, realizing that the tyranny of “publishers” can become history, at last. We all remember the opposition between Virgin and Mike Oldfield, Robbie Williams naming music piracy “great”, testimonial from Courtney Love about who the real pirates are, initiative by Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and, of course, the Neschastniy Sluchay band from Russia. Those are the musicians, who began to create long before the invention of MP3, ***** and other similar channels. Younger creators see this too and are now refusing to give away all the money to greedy intermediaries. And this is the real threat to labels. Not in the past, but in the future. We can do just fine without formulaic proprietary “product”. We can boycott all the “product” from the “big four”. But they will not succeed in crushing the music of the future, music where the freedom to create is cornerstone. The change has come; public opinion is highly negative of the publishers’ inconsiderate behavior of trying to put a spanner in the works of history. Today’s action in court, like a recent attack by Associated Press and Time Warner on Google for “stealing” of news is nothing else but the agony of copyright era. Businesses who have lost their income are now trying to use the remnants of their capital to gain back their income at the expense of someone else, by fighting legal battles in courts and bribing politicians. But this cannot last for too long. They are losing strategically important resources and are unwilling to play by the new rules and are, by the way, unable to do so. So the final outcome for all copyright corporations will be billions of debt, bankruptcy and selling the remaining assets for ridiculous prices, like Polaroid did. Unlike the other industries, no one will want to bail out bankrupt copyright companies. They can as well disappear right away, with their damn offices, factories, stores and “product”, and world culture will do just fine without them! So what harm does mainstream commercial music bring us? The harm is in the word “format”. Corporations need a standardized product, which is achieved by a prediction method, after a so called “marketing campaign” of a so called “star”, with easily digestible music tracks wrapped into a flashy wrap paper screaming “buy me!” From the point of view of a producer, any threat to this “buy me” model deserves to be eradicated, and the creator must be reprimanded for trying to cross the format boundary. They don’t help artists; they make “stars”, damnit! This has nothing to do with Art, since, Art, by definition, cannot be standardized. So, what can YOU do in order to save the world from copyright tyranny? First and foremost – do not support the enemy financially. Do not buy discs and tracks from publishers, who have been seen infringing the rights of musicians and listeners. They can stick it up their ass. As for musicians, there are many ways to support them. Attend their concerts, buy their merchandise and so on… Second, expel copyright aggressors from the information space. Boycott “news from pop stars”, do not listen to radio stations where “stars” take most of the airtime, do not watch TV channels with their clips, and avoid having anything in common with their so-called “music”, be it legal or not. Simply remove them from your life. Remember that modern economics are economics of attention. Third, promote technologies that sabotage the monopoly of copyright aggressors and their growth opportunities. Expose copyright as something archaic and disconnected from reality. Spread propaganda, ideas for worldwide copyright reform in the interest of creators, consumers and creators-consumers (prosumers), but not shady intermediaries. This reform must be aware not only with the current state of technology but also with its development trends. It is important to show the impracticality of “copy protection”, pointlessness of present forms of copyright in the information age and its fundamental incompatibility with basic human rights. So, with a united effort we shall hound the copyright aggressors to their grave and the laws concerning limiting and alienable “authors’” rights – to web archives. We, therefore, announce this day, the 17th of April, as the International day against the copyright tyranny. Copyright aggressors might have won the fight, but they have already lost the war! The time is working against them already, so why not hurry this up? Besides, an appeal against the Pirate Bay judgment has been filed. The real enemies of the copyright are not The Pirate Bay, neither the Internet. These are only tools. The enemy of the copyright is the free humankind and no millions of dollars will help to tame it. One day, there will be another court case, where the defendants will be the surviving leaders of the media cartels RIAA, MPAA, IFPI, “the big four” EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner. And their sentence will be something more serious than one year imprisonment and a million dollar fine. Information wants to be free, and it will be free. Copy me. Copy me everywhere.

“You can resist an invasion of armies, but you cannot resist an idea whose time has come” Victor Hugo Today, on the 17th of April 2009, as a result of political pressure on the court of the sovereign state of Sweden and based on fabricated evidence, a judge with important ties to the copyright lobbies made a shameful decision – decision to sacrifice the interests of 7 billion people and their aspiration for free access to information. Information, that is now held by a bunch of greedy monopolists from the last century, who want to keep earning money out of thin air despite the fact that the world is no longer in need of their services. During the time of their monopoly, they have appropriated the most part of the musical and cinematographical achievements of twentieth century and now are trying to extend their rights to these achievements, thus guaranteeing a stable income out from nothing. They aim to preserve outdated business models for decades, which is contrary to the trends of technological, social and economical development, decentralization and diversification of business that become more and more apparent every year. The backwardness of these media dinosaurs, their hostility towards the developing humankind can be noticed by anyone, but the Law is still behind their backs. Unfortunately, the legitimacy of laws concerning the so called “copyright” is supported by a widespread myth: the only way authors can receive a well-deserved compensation for their efforts is by selling (cheaply, as statistics show) their so called “exclusive property rights” to a so called “publisher”. This “publisher” then, who has exclusive access to expensive equipment, sales channels and valuable connections, earns millions. Or did earn – until the time Internet became mainstream. Due to the popularity of Internet, consumers now have more convenient means of accessing and listening to music than when the distribution was dominated by the physical media. The latter are simply no longer necessary. Well, sometimes, you need to back up your information, but physical media is getting cheaper and cheaper every year, and while music consumption grows, it does not do so exponentially. So, in order to listen to music, a consumer does different things today comparing to thirty years ago. The publishers, with millions invested into the entire chain of traditional music distribution, are now pushed aside, like all those people before them, those, who have missed the digital revolution. Thus, everything they have thought to be long-time investments in business is now, so it seems, unwanted crap. The earnings started to drop –during the nineties in developed countries – and the “publishers” hadn’t time to react. They did react though, with spreading lies and propaganda. “Users, you should be ashamed of themselves, it is certainly convenient to you, but how are the musicians going to get paid?” And, for a time, this myth has been absorbed by the minds of the society. It appeared even in cartoons made by Disney Corporation, the founder of which is now rolling in his grave because of the mockery that his “successors” caused to justice in America and everywhere else… But today, more and more musicians are speaking out loudly, realizing the opportunities Internet can bring them, realizing that the tyranny of “publishers” can become history, at last. We all remember the opposition between Virgin and Mike Oldfield, Robbie Williams naming music piracy “great”, testimonial from Courtney Love about who the real pirates are, initiative by Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and, of course, the Neschastniy Sluchay band from Russia. Those are the musicians, who began to create long before the invention of MP3, ***** and other similar channels. Younger creators see this too and are now refusing to give away all the money to greedy intermediaries. And this is the real threat to labels. Not in the past, but in the future. We can do just fine without formulaic proprietary “product”. We can boycott all the “product” from the “big four”. But they will not succeed in crushing the music of the future, music where the freedom to create is cornerstone. The change has come; public opinion is highly negative of the publishers’ inconsiderate behavior of trying to put a spanner in the works of history. Today’s action in court, like a recent attack by Associated Press and Time Warner on Google for “stealing” of news is nothing else but the agony of copyright era. Businesses who have lost their income are now trying to use the remnants of their capital to gain back their income at the expense of someone else, by fighting legal battles in courts and bribing politicians. But this cannot last for too long. They are losing strategically important resources and are unwilling to play by the new rules and are, by the way, unable to do so. So the final outcome for all copyright corporations will be billions of debt, bankruptcy and selling the remaining assets for ridiculous prices, like Polaroid did. Unlike the other industries, no one will want to bail out bankrupt copyright companies. They can as well disappear right away, with their damn offices, factories, stores and “product”, and world culture will do just fine without them! So what harm does mainstream commercial music bring us? The harm is in the word “format”. Corporations need a standardized product, which is achieved by a prediction method, after a so called “marketing campaign” of a so called “star”, with easily digestible music tracks wrapped into a flashy wrap paper screaming “buy me!” From the point of view of a producer, any threat to this “buy me” model deserves to be eradicated, and the creator must be reprimanded for trying to cross the format boundary. They don’t help artists; they make “stars”, damnit! This has nothing to do with Art, since, Art, by definition, cannot be standardized. So, what can YOU do in order to save the world from copyright tyranny? First and foremost – do not support the enemy financially. Do not buy discs and tracks from publishers, who have been seen infringing the rights of musicians and listeners. They can stick it up their ass. As for musicians, there are many ways to support them. Attend their concerts, buy their merchandise and so on… Second, expel copyright aggressors from the information space. Boycott “news from pop stars”, do not listen to radio stations where “stars” take most of the airtime, do not watch TV channels with their clips, and avoid having anything in common with their so-called “music”, be it legal or not. Simply remove them from your life. Remember that modern economics are economics of attention. Third, promote technologies that sabotage the monopoly of copyright aggressors and their growth opportunities. Expose copyright as something archaic and disconnected from reality. Spread propaganda, ideas for worldwide copyright reform in the interest of creators, consumers and creators-consumers (prosumers), but not shady intermediaries. This reform must be aware not only with the current state of technology but also with its development trends. It is important to show the impracticality of “copy protection”, pointlessness of present forms of copyright in the information age and its fundamental incompatibility with basic human rights. So, with a united effort we shall hound the copyright aggressors to their grave and the laws concerning limiting and alienable “authors’” rights – to web archives. We, therefore, announce this day, the 17th of April, as the International day against the copyright tyranny. Copyright aggressors might have won the fight, but they have already lost the war! The time is working against them already, so why not hurry this up? Besides, an appeal against the Pirate Bay judgment has been filed. The real enemies of the copyright are not The Pirate Bay, neither the Internet. These are only tools. The enemy of the copyright is the free humankind and no millions of dollars will help to tame it. One day, there will be another court case, where the defendants will be the surviving leaders of the media cartels RIAA, MPAA, IFPI, “the big four” EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner. And their sentence will be something more serious than one year imprisonment and a million dollar fine. Information wants to be free, and it will be free. Copy me. Copy me everywhere.