KaZaA

KaZaA, as it is now, is obviously overhyped. It is not just a click of a button to get movies, music, and other copyrighted material: it's long, boring, and requires dedication and luck. For example, in my nerdiness, I'm trying to find Army of Darkness. To further show my nerdiness (although I suppose starting this blog would be nerdy enough) I already have it, but it doesn't have the ending I want. I've been trying for three days. I should have it a week from now. Everyone in the world must have very poor modems, because right now I'm going on 2 kb/sec. Mp3's are easy enough, because they take such a short time, but again, you're just as easily going to get the bain of cheapskates everywhere: "remotely queued". If the record companies and movie companies really want us to go out and pay for stuff, they should do everything in their power to ensure that technology remains at this point. Because once it gets really easy, no one will ever leave their house to watch movies or listen to music or get porn. Everything will be at our fingertips, there for the taking.

And honestly, why is there even a debate on whether KaZaA is moral or immoral? You are taking stuff without paying. It's not "sharing", because sharing implies a temporary loan, or that the guy who originally had it no longer has it, because he has lent it to you. It's file copying, not sharing.

This is a crappy justification, I know, but I only try to download stuff that isn't on at HMV or by dead artists. Because this way, I'm not stealing money from dead guys, or cheating real artists out of their money.

And dammit, no one's gonna take away my KaZaA. It's like Pringles: once you download illegally, you can't stop.