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Originally Posted by John Eppstein  If you don't support the pirates you should oppose them, not throw up your hands and cry "Oh well, we can't do anything!" |
Patience, compromise and appealing to a solution that benefits everyone is going to be far more helpful than a crusade.
If you haven't noticed, the public consumer isn't getting any smarter, if you attack them and demonize them, they aren't going to listen. Since we rely on them for a living it seems like crapping the bed.
Trent Reznor has the right idea. It might not work, but at least he was trying. I'd bet a week's salary he didn't lose a single fan, probably gained many by keeping things interesting.
Unlike Metallica and the RIAA.......
