Nobody asked me when I stopped purchasing (yes, buying with money from legal stores) more than 100 CD's a year why did I do that, why do I buy no CD's anymore? I have 3 CD/DVD JukeBoxes from Sony stacked and there are still free slots for CD's that I have not been buying.
I have never pirated or stolen music, I just don't have time enough to copy bitstreams etc. Well, why did I stop buying? My answer is that the industry started to treat me as a criminal and added "features" that had an impact to my experience (e.g. copy protection that prevented playing the CD with my car audio). So, seller started to treat me as an enemy and as a criminal, and I took my money and walked away.
Now Viacom is doing the same with most recent Google/YouTube judgement. US, as a country, and entertainment industry, like Viacom, are shooting their own leg with actions like this.
Good bye Viacom. I take my money and walk away, again... Don't blame potential pirates, blame Your own attitude towards (or against) Your paying customers!
cheers,
-jari
