[pp.int.general] MegaUpload raided, shut down on request of US authorities

[Aza]

2012/1/25 Marcus Kesler <marcus at d-usa.info>:
> But you admit that the chimps did get a reward.
>
> I do think that artists want to get rewarded, and I think that it is not anti-pirate to think that they should be. When we share and attribute something, we reward the artist. We acknowledge that somebody created it and that we want to see more from that artist.
>
> Rewards is not always monetary, but sometimes money can allow an artist to switch from part time to full time, or to get better equipment to make more and better art. Would I quit being an artist if I never get a penny? Far from it. But winning a recent competition got me some money, that I was able to stick back into my art.

Yes i agree, if someone should be rewarded is the artist.

my questioning of christian pirateness was in part a joke, but
i belive we should search for new solutions, even if those are
counter intuitive for the capitalistic logic.
And i don't mean destroying the capital, but measuring success
not by earnigns, or PBI , or level of employment... those usual
things.  I mean, lets take what we want, free access to culture,
and make that our main objective, artists and the market will
adapt.

aza