I try really hard to make sure all my music is bought and paid for, or obtained for free legally (promotional CDs, etc.). I don't download movies illegally (a

I try really hard to make sure all my music is bought and paid for, or obtained for free legally (promotional CDs, etc.). I don't download movies illegally (a really great public library makes that easy). But I disagree with the way the content industries have tried to pursue an agenda of making it illegal to use things you've bought and paid for however you'd like. That being said, I sure hope we do forgive and forget as a matter of policy. Being abrasive (like Michael Arrington is trying to be) isn't going to teach these people a lesson anymore than it teaches those who continue to get access to music and other content through piracy. The way to sway public policy is the same way things worked when SOPA was tabled a few weeks ago: through public action, using the legislative process. Lawrence Lessig's Remix is a great intellectual treatise on why we should consider changing our copyright laws to reinforce the fair use rights we should have; sending copies of it to these people and asking them to read it seems like it might do a whole lot more good than some kind of draconian punishment regime.