I read about this thing in Mogadishu. Someone downloaded the movie Blackhawk Down from the internet, then they set up a TV in a building and charged people ten cents each to come in and watch.
It seems like, if Americans want to make a movie about the mass murder of Somalians, the people of Somalia have a right to watch. And if they want to download it "illegally", it's fine with me. They're not "pirates". They're privateers.
On the other hand, doesn't piracy like that help spread U.S. cultural hegemony, helping it spread into communities that otherwise wouldn't waste their money on it?
I have mixed feelings. It generally doesn't affect me because I'm afraid to download movies illegally.
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