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The counterpoint is movies as culture and socially relevant information. Why is it right to deny people access to information acquired and redistributed by their peers? Why should an organization be able to control the flow of information on the Internet to suit their business model? At what point do you draw the line and say "that's too much of our information you're sharing"? Is it when someone describes a plot? Is it when they share what they're looking at with their friend (photo or video)? Is it when that friend shares the stream with a hundred million friends on BitTorrent?

The Internet is a link between all of us, so that your experience can be my experience. It's naive to think you can segregate people into those with and without access to your precious information. Thanks to the Internet, we are all one entity. You can't hide information from yourself.



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