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I don’t understand the draw of pirating movies. There is no movie that I can’t wait for it to come out on DVD and/or Netflix. As for music, I find that if I buy every new song that I enjoy on iTunes or Amazon.com, I spend about $12 per year.

That said, I have been following the Pirate Bay trial which ended on March 3. It was a crazy mess of arrogance, exploitation of legal loopholes and a lot of surprises. It is no surprise that a Swedish filmaker is planning to turn the whole afair into a documentary.

Right now, the reason his film is hitting the news is because he is welcoming the idea of it being shared across P2P networks. If he does a good enough job at covering the quirkiness of the trials and the story behind it, it may turn out as a worthy Oscar nominee for best documentary.

Pirate Bay Documentarian Looks Forward to Film Getting Pirated | Epicenter from Wired.com.

I am giving this story publicity as an example of what not to do in troubled economic times.

If I were an employer – I am not sure this would motivate me into hiring this guy. It reminds me of when I was teaching high school classes of the moms who would come in and try to talk me into upping their kids grade.

Is his wife going to show up at work and make sure he is eating a good lunch and being treated nice by the other workers? I think she just used this as an excuse to by a MacBook.

The $1200+ could have been used to directly benefit her husband’s job search.

Wife to employers: Hire my husband, please – CNN.com.

Only a few days ago I as whining on Faceboook about how GrandCentral’s future was uncertain.

I am in the process of making some changes to some of the aspects of my business that would be a lot easier if GrandCentral was in operation. A move that I am terrified to make if GrandCentral were to go under in a few months.

It appears that I have nothing to worry about as this article points out on Webware. GrandCentral is being reborn with the Google name attached. Google Voice may not be exactly the same as GrandCentral, but that may be a good thing. GrandCentral was not the easiest service to figure out, but it was robust in features.

Let’s hope the new Google Voice keeps the ability to forward calls to any phone, offers live voice mail, and provides cool options like the ability to record calls.

Best of all, they plan to keep it free for a while.

Google Voice: A push to rewire your phone service | Webware – CNET.