Taken from Andrew Keen's assessment, you must surely think 'any publicity is good publicity'. This was the downfall of Aliester Crowley, and IMHO you have less positive going for you. IMHO, you are the trail end of the "2nd Wave Paid Bloggers", that is, after/around the 2004 elections our corporate controlled media gave this 'shocking' story about a 'paid blog' of someone supposedly 'centrist' who was paid $20 or so million to skew his stuff towards the right. Of course he was in RL one of those 'anarcho-capitalist' "Libertarians" who bear more towards Sade's "Libertine" than any progressive, populist things.

However, the second wave was sprung, and all over 'conservative' blogs propped up. So many people wanted to say what the "rich elite right wingers" supposedly wanted them to say so they thought if they kissed rear loud enough they'd get a 'donation'. I've seen enough right-wing spew to peel the paint off a battleship with bigoted bile, but not one of these guys has gotten a DIME. Oh, once in a while they claim to have an anonymous donation to win an argument, but the next week they are complaining about the overdue rent and the repo man.

You really don't get it. The politics are at last turning. A lot of the right wingers are jumping ship and pretending to be 'centrists' again. But, we are remembering who they are and taking names.

You just got added to a 'toady' list. From now on, any work you work part of will be worked against. Any publicity is NOT good publicity. The wrong type of it, no publisher or perhaps even employer will touch you. And you deserve it.

Because of the internet, the "Worst conspiracy theory" about 9/11 will soon be seen as true, despite the millions spent trying to counter it. Why? Because it is very likely true, the only variable being how much directly Bush was involved in.

Because of the internet, it is now widely accepted that America is under a Coup De Tate, thanks to the GAO's documents on widespread fraud getting out. This will help some of the wrongs Dubya's team committed be undone, and helps Americans in the eyes of the world.

Thanks to the internet, when Bush played holy crusader for life under the Schavio thing, Americans heard of a little black baby that was suffocated as her poor mother shrieked and pleaded with the doctors. Because of a bill Dubya signed directly.

For all the porn (cool!) and the spam (Bleah) the internet allows the truth to circulate, free of the blocks placed in other media by corporate control. And the people you attempt to appease want this outlet cut, or so hyper regulated as to be just as effective a vehicle for the truth as Television and Radio are.

As far as the "Intellectual Property" goes, the H--- with it. "Intellectual Property" = "Conceptual Art". Intellectual Property was almost the downfall of the net before it passed the 56K days. There are a few 'maggot parasite' businesses who's only product is litigation. They buy up old, obscure patents, and then use blackmail backed up by lawsuits to gain money. One in particular, an inventor patented a way to transmit studio quality music over the phone lines, but never sold it because plain mail courier worked too well. So, they bought it from his relatives for a pittance after he died, who didn't even know he'd invented it. Then, they cost a few companies at least $100 million suing them for the internet's existence. They lost, but the legal fees were high. Also, others tried to patent hyperlinks, webpages, simple "img src" commands...(Read early WIRED for more info)

And when a person does invent something good, the companies STEAL it from him. The "intermittent windshield wiper" for example. They steal, wait 10 years, and if it does make it through court barely pay a day's interest on what they stole was actually worth.

Music in particular. When it became possible and practical to record music, 95% of musicians went out of business. The big companies, the grandfathers of the RIAA backed giants cried crocodile tears over these people ruined by a new technology. And they replaced the minstrel with the 'pop star' who for the most part just churned out bland tedium with NO social content or message. Most of the 60's stuff didn't get on the radio or in the stores till the market pressure was overwhelming, and then those acts were matched by plenty of bubblegum.

I wonder, and I'm being hypothetical here. Don't want to encourage any 'crime', now, do I? But what if this happened..?

What if we each download (or, rather check our archives) for something we have, a CD/DVD, Program, etc... That's "Pirated"... Not stupid stuff, like open named ptp from dorm rooms, plenty of other channels to those that look.

And we make 10 or 100 copies and mail them to random people in the phone book. And we write an anonymous letter (fake return, no fingerprints) to the RIAA. Both these things mention that we did it because Andrew Keen made us so mad.

Hmm... If it mounted up, would they sue him to ruin? I think so. Technically, they wouldn't have lost a dime because the randomness would have argued that those people who received said product would have already bought said product if they wanted it. But, due to the "Mickey Mouse Protection" racket, they can get a lot of money in the short term holding on to these scraps of IP like the most covetous people in the world. They'd quickly get a judgment and garnish him, just for some more money in the short term. And that would show this toady wanna-be how much the elite truly appreciate him.

But that's a fantasy. Let's not break the law, now, mmmkay.

Hey, I said "Covetous" and almost said something else. Ever watch South Park, the "Death Camp of Tolerance"??? Look at this guy and this site. Pure Zionist lunacy, (and COVETOUS ---) makes me want to raise the scimitar for Islam just 'cause I'm so sick of these people lobbying to involve us in these illegal wars.

?Might print out a few copies of "Protocols" and distribute them anonymously because "Andrew Keen Made me mad". That's not "Politically correct" but it's not illegal;-)