Piracy

I watched a news story (watch the video in the sidebar) last night about a ring of media pirates who were copying movies (some that had not even yet been released on DVD) and were selling them. I guess this was a pretty big operation that the police took down but here is what was interesting to me. It was not a bad enough crime in itself – the police and copyright officials, had to talk about the potential for this type of operation to be used to launder money or help provide funds for organized crime. There was also the fear that it might cost Canadians jobs.
Let me play my violin!
Isn't it cool that PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN is one of the movies mentioned in this piece.
To be honest, I don’t have much sympathy for these large media conglomerates who (in my humble take) tend to formulize much artistic expression into far too predictable and ultimately meaningless movies and songs. And all the time making astounding profits. And I know that there are ‘struggling artists’ out there who, no doubt, are enraged by the thought of their hard work being copied illegally. So let’s call it what it is: piracy is a crime in our world.
Watching the news story you get the sense that everybody knows that, even when the officials complain that piracy steals billions of dollars away from their industry, there is little public sympathy for an industry that flaunts its lavish lifestyle so openly.
I guess its weird how my mind works but…
I started to wonder about faith piracy. You know how maybe piracy is an illustration of how Christianity is developing…
…I need to think about it some more but maybe you guys have some thoughts on that…