Up front, let me say that I think information should be free. I even believe that if it was this would be a better world.. The fact that information is not free tends to support the divisions between rich and poor.

That said, how can we discriminate between peer-to-peer sharing that is legal vs. illegal? It just seems all too complicated. Even the rules within one country are complicated so what about on a global level?

My understanding is that in the US, using your VCR to time-shift a TV program is legal.

In my Nicaliving blog at http://www.nicaliving.com/node/16195 I wrote about how I needed a NicaLiving equivalent for Costa Rica. Now, I know, NicaLiving isn't perfect and I am actually working to address a lot of the issues. But, it is just different from so many commercial sites.

For example, there are lots of sites that will tell you how wonderful Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize or whatever is.