Well Said

I'm not going to get too deep into the Grokster ruling yesterday, but Kevin Drum hits one particular favorite nail of mine on the head when he says:

The blogosphere, which generally seems to believe that file sharing companies ought to be wholly immune to the statutes of the United States based on the "insanely great technology" exemption of the 14th amendment, was especially unhappy over the court's unanimous ruling that file sharing companies can, in fact, be sued if they incite their customers to break the law.

It's actually a little more than that, more like the blogosphere thinks that technology is cool and that the entertainment industry is evil, and therefore, existing laws shouldn't apply.

That's still the crux of the whole deal here. The ability and the personal rationalization for breaking a law doesn't invalidate the law. Which is why more people should be listening to Rick Boucher, who is actively trying to change the law so as to codify some kind of acceptable middle ground. Apple has already made great strides in this direction as well.

Okay, so maybe I am going to get deeper into it.