How to beat the recession and Peter Mandleson...whilst dancing.

Peter Mandleson hates you getting things for free on the internet if someone else has made them and haven't necessarily given you the right to have free. Ok. That's stealing to a certain degree. However, things are changing. More and more people are putting out their work for free in return for you eventually giving them some money for something else, or later on. It's a cool new future ahead, and Mandy cannot see it.

He thinks that because you didn't pay instantly, then you are a dirty thief. It's got to the point where Virgin Broadband are beginning tests on systems to help detect whether you are downloading stuff for money or not (I'm not going to say illegally, because that might not be the case).

If they catch you, they want to turn off your internet access. This is against your rights as a family, or group of people cannot be prosecuted for the crime of one person.

But the best way to show that a system doesn't work is to highlight it's flaws. So let's do it.

Download something illegally. Don't care what. That's not my problem.

Then send the artist/producer/studio the amount of money you think it's worth in CASH, via the regular post.

This time of year, throw in some glitzy stuff and maybe a hand written note about yourself and what you're up to, what you downloaded.

With that much cash in their pockets, artists might then go out and buy food and clothes for the winter which in turn will boost the economies of other countries (depending on where you shop).

And Mr Mandleson won't know what's going on because maybe, the flaw is too big for him to monitor from his ivory tower and should instead allow us to make our own choices about how we consume and consider what's fair. 

So, I think that's what I'm going to do as much as possible from now on. 'Illegally' download in the cyber world and pay for it in the real world.

Comments

[pregnancy]

Good post!I would like to suggest some ways to beat recession:cut costs and try to avoid buying unnecessary things,slash prices,don't lie and be creative to your ideas to manage your monthly budget.I will look around for more reviews.Keep up.