Paul Boutin: "The Age of Music Piracy Is Officially Over"

Will 2010 go down as the year people quit downloading music illegally? Guest Paul Boutin writes about social networks and digital media for the New York Times, reviews books for the Wall Street Journal, and his latest Wired Magazine essay declared that "The age of stealing music via the Internet is officially over". Boutin describes how technological innovations have made the prospect of paying for digital music way more appealing than it was in Napster's heyday. But even as the hand of law came down this year against popular filesharing websites like Limewire and the Pirate Bay, Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge made quite the opposite declaration: "File sharing is increasing every day and the only thing this means is that more and more people will try to hide what they are doing on the internet." We'll discuss where things stand with music piracy as 2010 comes to a close.

backing tracks: Golden Hits "Troptr Zure" // Glenny 417 "Biskopsgården Night Life" // YACHT "Ring The Bell (instrumental) // Vate "Cachonda" // Lee Rosevere "Stormbox" & "Backtime" // Broke For Free "Calm The Fuck Down"
all available for free downloads under Creative Commons licenses from the Free Music Archive