“A Nation Of Music Pirates”, Apparently Meeting At Children’s Birthday Parties

There’s nothing the media loves more than a beat-up about online piracy – why, they even managed to turn the Underbelly fracas into an exposé about file-sharing – so it wasn’t like we were surprised when we read this morning of Australia’s apparent boom in music piracy.

However, we were rather amused when they moved the story to the front page around lunchtime, and chose to illustrate it in this manner:

Yes, it seems the worst offenders in this affront to artists’ rights are children who think Jack Sparrow is a pretty cool dude.

Next time you see a six-year-old loitering in the Wiggles/Hi-5/Bindi Irwin section at HMV, crash tackle them – they’re probably on a reconnaissance mission for their illegal file-sharing ring, for which “Grade 1B” is just a shonky front.