So you fancy your downloaded music? Well, guess what, you pirating son of a beyotch: the Man’s gonna getcha. Believe me – I know firsthand.

One moment, I was floating through the web, using Kazaa and Limewire to download my favorite Ace of Base songs, then BOOM! I’m doin’ time (well not really, but you’ll see).

Let’s backtrack a bit. I had just persuaded my mother to bring my desktop to the fraternity house. Let the guiltless hiding-of-the-porn-in-a-separate-folder, illegal downloading free-for-all commence! An album here, a movie there – it was cooler than penguin sh*t, which is way cool. My roommate wanted in. “Do you mind if I download this new song I love?” (more…)

There are well over 110 million iPods in circulation today. Everyday, even multiple time a day, we see people walking down the street with their ear buds in and music cranked up, oblivious to what is going on around them. This oblivious state make it very easy for low life petty thieves to run up (remember you can’t hear them creeping up because “Ace of Base – All That She Wants” is blaring), push you down and jack your iPod. Bingo Bango an easy crime that just scored them a $350 iPod to resell on the streets. In fact this crime is getting so prevalent that it’s got a new sweet nick name… iJacking! (more…)

So you fancy your downloaded music? Well, guess what, you pirating son of a bitch: the Man’s gonna getcha. Believe me; I know firsthand. One moment, I was floating through the web, using Kazaa and Limewire to download my favorite Ace of Base songs, then BOOM! I’m doin’ time. Well, not really, but you’ll see. Let’s backtrack a bit. I had just persuaded my mother to bring my desktop to the fraternity house. Let the guiltless hiding-of-the-porn-in-a-separate-folder, illegal downloading free-for-all commence! An album here, a movie there, it was cooler than penguin shit. My roommate wanted in. “Do you mind if I download this new song I love?”

“Sure,” I said confidently, feeling like Jesus Himself, feeding the masses with fish and bread, well, username and login, in this case. (more…)