This is a great short film by indie film maker Ellen Seidler that everyone who cares about artist rights should watch!
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[ THE 101 ] [NEW BOSS / OLD BOSS ] [ SPOTIFY ] [GROOVESHARK ] [ LARRY LESSIG ]
[ JOHN PERRY BARLOW ] [ HUMAN RIGHTS OF ARTISTS ] [ INFRINGEMENT IS THEFT ]
[ THE SKY IS RISING : MAGIC BEAVER EDITION ] [SF GATE BLUNDERS PIRACY FACTS ]
[ WHY ARENT MORE MUSICIANS WORKING ] [ ARTISTS FOR AN ETHICAL INTERNET ]
The Trichordist 
Very well done, really lays out the information including the elephant in the room. Illegal Downloading is really a for profit business for the file sharing sites. Curious that the proponents of piracy are so adamant about their rights to other peoples copyrighted “work” and so silent on those making a profit on “free downloads”.
Ultimately, it all leads to the same answer; these so called “pirates” are not tech revolutionaries, but rather bottom feeders who want to justify bad behavior.