X-Art, apparently a "high end" purveyor of classy nudie pix (how quaint) is upset at BitTorrent, and, I assume, the Kickass-type torrent sites that throw copyrighted material around.
They don't seem to care about the old shrug that "those who download don't buy." The Viley Virus and Justa Beeper types, who make a fortune off touring and SELLING T-SHIRTS, insist "real fans buy, and if the others are too poor, or aren't really fans anyway, maybe they'll get jobs someday and buy. It doesn't hurt."
Yes, it hurts. Because not everybody is doing well and can afford massive "shrinkage."
The big laugh is that X-Art has hired a lawyer to try and get major Internet providers to fork over names and addresses of their customers. Ha ha ho ho hee hee. As the RIAA sadly learned, even if you get this information, you can't prove a fucking thing. The people say "Gosh, somebody must've downloaded when I was out," and "I thought it was legal," and "Maybe somebody hijacked my wi-fi. Go get a court order to search my computer for your crap."
Then a lawyer will chime in for the defense: "What are your damages? My client will pay you the $4.98, meanwhile you pay US $1,000 for invasion of privacy, putting my client's name on public records, and bullying and extortion for a big payment."
Ha ha ho ho hee hee.
What X-art should be doing is getting ALL of the industry involved, and putting the squeeze on the government to make illegal downloading sites responsible for DMCA takedowns AND, make their uploaders responsible for what they put on the site. Insist your uploaders register with a credit card, and don't post anonymously, and state "under penalty of perjury" that they own copyright. THAT is how to do it.
So "Jackie James" the lawyer for X-Art goes after a world of smug Jesse James criminals who think what they do is KEWL. To this day, people love Jesse James. They love Billy the Kid and hate Pat Garrett (the sheriff). They admire Dillinger, and of course, Manson and fiends.
Nice try, X-Art. The big surprise is that anybody gives a crap about your artsy-fartsy porn. It must be the fags who also think Stuff and Maxim and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue are real KEWL. Guys who pant over stuff like that are just a snip away from being like Bruce Jenner.
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