Ever since Napster came around, people have discovered that an alternative to record stores exist: You don't have to pay for music anymore!
And artists should be grateful this technology exists. Bands like Metallica have no idea how much good the free mp3 business could potentially help the music industry, if used and taken advantage of correctly.
Today, two major events occurred that will have a dramatic impact on the future of online television distribution. First: as reported in an article in the business section of The Gaurdian, TV-Links, a directory of streaming pirated video, was shut down today in the UK for facilitation of piracy. The site did not host any actual content, but linked to numerous other sites where the pirated material could be viewed. This was the first of this sort of anti-piracy bust to occur in the U.K.
