More on the Digital Piracy Controversy

I've been writing other places about all of the controversy surrounding digital file sharing.
For the record, I don't think that it is right to steal music or movies or anything else in the long run online. I do think that it should be legal to be able to sample or preview something before you buy it, even though in most cases this is lumped in with piracy, so it still has to be avoided. I also think we need to deal with things like out of print titles in the debate. Like, re-issue them or release them for free online and stop complaining about it. But, I'll just link to my other posts on these issues.:

EduGeek Journal post on "The Great Copy Protection Debate"

This post comments on an ongoing debate on the New York Times website about copy protection. It's an interesting read on two sides of the issue. I became really fed up with the way on side was presenting their take, so I commented on the issue with some more thoughts. My comment is number 3 (posted at 2:27 pm on January 16, 2008) at the bottom of this page:

Bits Debate: Mixing It Up Over Remixes and Fair Use