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Re:SOPA foe Fred Wilson supports a blacklist on pirate sites by Zirro on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @04:12PM (#3596074)
"Our children have been taught to steal"

No, they have been taught to share and that anyone can create a movie or a piece of music and distribute it for free. Those are two wonderful lessons, which I believe will make the future a better place.

Re:SOPA foe Fred Wilson supports a blacklist on pirate sites by paulhauggis on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @05:17PM (#3596394)
"No, they have been taught to share and that anyone can create a movie or a piece of music and distribute it for free." Those are two wonderful lessons, which I believe will make the future a better place."

This only works for so long. Eventually, you run out of other people's content to share and little to no new content is created as a result.

Re:SOPA foe Fred Wilson supports a blacklist on pirate sites by Zirro on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @05:33PM (#3596462)
I said create new content, not only share other peoples content. I find it impossible to believe that people would give up their creative impulses even if there were no incentive to earn money on it.

Look at the amazing music created by people today which they choose to for anyone to download, some even without a donate-to-me button. To them, just having people listening to their creations is enough. I listen only to such free music, nowadays. Free, not only as in no money charged (I donate to those I find to be really good, however) but free for everyone to share without having to worry about the police knocking on your door.