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On ACTA, piracy and art

It seems like recently everyone's attention is suddenly drawn to ACTA and SOPA , since now those have become a real threat to "pirates" worldwide. In a nutshell, for those of you too lazy to read what ACTA and SOPA are, according to them you are a criminal. Because the big record and movie companies earn shit when you download Katy Perry's new album or the latest flick off a P2P site. So in the end it's all about the money and the fact that some of us are not willing to pay for shitty music and even shittier movies. The past decade or so has been a killer for people like me who appreciate good music, or a good movie, or a good book - musicians don't make the music they want to make, they make what sells and everyone suddenly can sing (all hail Autotune!); screenwriters' original ideas often get neglected because of the risk such a project holds; writing books has now become something that everyone suddenly can do... am I supposed so settle down for somet