Almost missed this, until another blog pointed it out: Bill Gates watches illegal movies. Yes, the Microsoft chairman, whose company cracks down on software pirates, entertains himself with arguably pirated video on YouTube. He admitted it in the Wall Street Journal:
MR. GATES: If we did YouTube, we'd be in a lot of trouble. First of all, people would say, "How do you make money?" Second, they'd say, what about all that copyright violation taking place up there. It's a neat site. I saw a bunch of old Harlem Globetrotters movies up there the other night, it's great.
MS. SWISHER: You watch physics lectures and Harlem Globetrotters?
MR. GATES: This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.
MS. SWISHER: But those were stolen, correct?
MR. GATES: Stolen's a strong word. It's copyrighted content that the owner wasn't paid for. So yes.
Actually, he'd never admit it, but Bill was watching R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet."
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