Tonight I read this article from the economist which describes the “dangers of piracy”. It tries to incriminate Google, and goes onto describe the perils of people downloading TV shows from the Internet.
Its fascinating to me to watch the slow transformation of intentional misinformation into what is perceived as truth.
This article is argued with integrity, but it is not based in truth…
it is based in an ideal.

This ideal says that the most important thing in life is the preservation of the accumulation of money. Its core value in all that it does is not social justice, or the will of the people, or even what is best for society as a whole.
This ideal believes at its core, that the most important motivation behind all law must be to preserve and uphold pure and unbridled capitalist interests. The accumulation of money must be preserved above all other interests. Social change, social justice, the creation of new forms of communication, or social interaction MUST take a back seat to the interests of the accumulation of money. If anything develops that undermines the power of this ideal, it must be dealt with. It must be labeled, and villianized. It will intentionally argue extremes for the purpose of social control. It says that if entertainment is made available for download, it will destroy society.

IT WILL NOT DESTROY SOCIETY. In truth, it wont even destroy the entertainment industry. The only thing it threatens is greed. Yes they will make less money. And the reality that everyone else sees, except those whose only desire is to accumulate millions, is that really, that is quite alright. There are more important things in this life than supporting the narrow interests of a couple of corporations who cry like babies, threaten anyone they can, and try to undermine civil liberties when their God given right to buy a huge boat and a vacation home in Corfu is threatened.

The owner of Getty images once said “Intellectual property is the oil of the 21st century”. The truth is, like oil Barrons, the media Barrons will fight wars to preserve their empires. But these empires have nothing to do with media. Media wants to transition into something else….Mass social creation. Media that is created by artists not controlled by distribution companies.

What we are seeing now is propagandic mis-information spread on a massive level with its sole goal being to undermine anyone, or anything that gets in the way of creating and controlling lots of money at the expense of all else.

We are experiencing a social and technological revolution. It is the same type of revolution that made those afraid of losing power chain books to posts in the 1500’s so the population couldn’t become educated. The truth that the Barrons don’t want you to see is its time for a change. The change is already here. The harder they fight to oppress, the more they will fail. The tighter they clench and try to manipulate the law, the more society, to whom the world belongs, will find new ways to undermine their control.

It is unfortunate that social change cannot be met with more excitement, but greed always tries to destroy the best of innovation, and dis-enfranchise what it cannot control.