Well, apparently there has been another blog about Kerchoonz and 'Indiana Gregg' by the Torrent Freak. They must be terribly annoyed by the recent news that the IFPI and the government have formed an 'internet police' and that my wee blog was actually telling the truth about the future of the internet: http://www.kerchoonz.com/dignews/display_article/id_198/ (this is only a couple of recent agreements between ISPs and the IFPI in conjunction with government support as a deterrent to unauthorised file-sharing out of many since last july when we asked 350 unauthorised sites to delete links from torrent servers.)
The funny thing is, suddenly I've gotten a load more 'hate mail' as if I have anything to do with the rather OBVIOUS chain of reactions that has led to this result. One guy who calls himself "Alex" wrote me a message saying that I should just 'stop posting things on the internet and shut-up'??? So, now the file-sharers are trying to control freedom of speech on my own blog? He followed by saying that I've pissed off all of the "influential downloaders" on the internet and that I will never have a career. (Please, if you decide to write to me, try to at least sound like you've got some sense.)
I'm interested in helping musicians. I will always take the side of the musician/artist/band and the public! However, I will not tolerate tyrannical thieves who have decided that blatant stealing and flagrant lying is 'ok'. It's not ok and we won't 'shut up'.
As for the torrent freak article and the harrassing messengers: kerchoonz.com is in beta. It's a completely new site that isn't even fully launched yet. It's a site designed to help musicians and also provide free access to music for the public. It's your choice to either use it or not once it's launched. If you like using torrents, well, continue using torrents. If you'd rather use something that benefits the musicians, there are sites that are beginning to offer legal alternatives. So, what's all the fuss about?
