Grand Theft
Recently I heard on the radio that the motion picture association is going to start legal action against those it can find swapping pirated movies on the Internet.
It somehow strikes me as very ironic to see artists pulling in the law to defend them against the theft of music and movies that glorify breaking the law.
I mean, isn’t it kind of odd to think of being arrested for stealing “Gone in Sixty Seconds”? Or to have the police show up at your door and haul you off for pirating music that talks about selling drugs?
Seems like they are fighting the culture that they are promoting, with the weapons that they criticize the most.
It is very tempting to post a copy of some song ranting against the police on my web site, and wait for them to show up to haul me off for doing it.
