Craig, I don't think there's any comparison between pirating works of creative endeavour and the kind of things WikiLeaks does. Yes, I accept that both will cause the reaction of a clampdown on freedom of speech and expression, but that's where the similarity ends. WikiLeaks and other such whistle-blowers, investigative journalists, and so on, perform a valuable service, in enabling the actions of governments and big business to be held up to scrutiny. People who pirate DVDs do not.
As I see it, the only way you could decry the actions of WikiLeaks et al is if you believe that governments, and other organisations who have power through economic strength, will always act wisely, morally, legally, and in the best interests of those to whom they have responsibility. History teaches us, however, that, as Lord North said, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely", therefore transparency of the actions and motives of the big decision-makers is crucial.
Sorry to take this thread a bit off-topic, but I did have a tagential reference to pirating! If anyone wants to argue this with me, then feel free to PM me.
