2009-07-13 Stephen Fry says 'I Use Illegal Download Sites'

2009-07-13  Sky News \Stephen Fry\media piracy\filesharing http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technology/Stephen-Fry-Attacks-Illegal-Download-Prosecutions-And-Admits-Filesharing-At-iTunes-Talk/Article/200907215336750 Stephen Fry: 'I Use Illegal Download Sites' Stephen Fry says 'I Use Illegal Download Sites'  Stephen Fry has defended illegal downloading and admitted filesharing a television show starring his former co-star Hugh Laurie.

The actor, author and technology blogger criticised the music industry's strategy of prosecuting small-scale filesharers.

"Making example of ordinary people is the stupidest thing the record industry can do," he told a London audience.

Fry said he used BitTorrent - a way of filesharing - to watch Laurie's turn in medical drama House as well as 24.

However, downloading on an "industrial scale" was not defensible, he added.

&ldquo;Stephen Fry has defended illegal downloading and admitted filesharing a television show starring his former co-star Hugh Laurie. ... "Making example of ordinary people is the stupidest thing the record industry can do," he told a London audience.&rdquo;   