We can never be on the side of the pirates. (Save the kind from the Caribbean) The pirates are the bad guys and have always been, taking from those who deserve, and stealing. No good rotten dirty theives.

But this book is bound to upset you. Digging its foot into every nook and cranny where you know you have be enraged at the actions that are taken. The equality that copyright law may have once held is no longer existant. The public domain is going to die, killing certain forms of creativity.

But not only is this book a long list of the strange effects of law ( A doctor amputating the incorrect leg on a patient can not be fined more than any person who downloads two songs off the internet … the damage there is fair, no?) but also the personal struggle of one person who tried, and unfortunately failed, to correct one aspect of the changes that are being made. This struggle is just beginning.