By Mark Rossmore “If torrenting was called ‘mooching’ instead of ‘piracy’ I think less people would do it. I mean, Jesus, pirates are COOL.” - Caustic, Industrial Musician Real-life sea pirates were nothing like the dashing anti-heroes we see in the movies. There were few swashbuckling rogues amid the ranks of seaborne murderers and thieves. So, let’s not sugarcoat things. Illegally downloading music is theft. It’s a crime. Putting aside intellectual property and copyright violations, perhaps its greatest offense is the devaluation of an artist’s hard work. This “mooching” has been in the news quite a bit due to...
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