[setrofim_]

>That said, I don't think this is an excuse to take 'revenge' on these companies, "one download at a time".

If this isn't, I don't know what is.

Note that the author was talking about the fragment of his own film that he uploaded (and subsequently took down). "one download at a time" is referring to the downloads of that fragment (which, by the other party's admission, he had the right to shoot, and holds the copyright to). He is not talking about anything illegal (such as pirating content).

[jsnell]

That seems like a retcon. He originally posted a different telling of the same story under the title "This is Why I Pirate". That's gone now, the only trace is a pointer to this new version: http://www.reddit.com/r/SOPA/comments/poqvn/this_is_why_i_pi...

[icehawk]

This is the original:

http://pastebin.com/0gRzqBxq

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