have been shamelessly contributing to music and movie piracy for such a long time that it doesn’t even feel unlawful or wrong. I have nearly 3000 songs on my hard disk but only have a fledgling original cd collection. If you stop to think about it, I’m nothing more than a thief or a freeloader who abuses technology. The same thing goes for movies. I’ve lost count of the number of films I’ve seen without paying the price of an admission ticket. There is one cyber crime I was innocent of until some time back - reading e-books. Somehow an e-book seemed too impersonal, too cold and too unfriendly compared to the real thing. I don’t think anything can compare with the feel of yellowing pages or that lovely smell that old books have. What a joy it is to curl up in bed with a book for company as you sail away to that distant place that any good book should take you to. That beats the shit out of staring at a screen, and scrolling down surely can’t hold a candle to actually turning pages; that oddly satisfying sensation of accomplishment as you finish a book is sorely lacking in the electronic version.
There are so many things money can buy. But when there is the internet, why bother?
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