BOYCOTT

The threats of legal action against lokitorrent.com, a bittorrent (BT) site, by the MPAA (the Motion Picture Association of America) has caused a number of other BT sites to close (most closed due to high maintance fees that they weren't able to meet; the MPAA's recent declaration of war against BT sites was only the last straw). The solution I am proposing: BOYCOTT.

Emma of Sweden (a notable admin of several BT sites in including filesoup.com, of which I am a VIP) has set up P2P Unite, a rallying call to all p2p users to unite by boycotting all films and music during boycott week, the last week of April 2005.

My suggestion is to take it a step further: Not only boycott all films and music, but also use Bittorrent to download all the movies/ music you were thinking about going to see or buy during the boycott week.

If you are new to BT, here's a quick tutorial (a more detailed one can be found here)

Step 1. Download a BT client. I use bitcomet.
Step 2. Get the torrents you want by searching or from a friend. Great sites include:
Filesoup.com
bi-torrent.com
http://lokitorrent.com/

Step 3. Support these sites by donating whatever amount seems fit. After all, hosting sites never is free.
Step 4. Enjoy.
Step 5. Show them you mean business by posting an entry at p2p unite's guestbook.

Happy Torrenting!