Earlier this week, I was asked whether I ever downloaded comic books from peer-to-peer networks. I admitted that yes, I did occasionally download books, but only back issues that were several years old. My friend -- who happens to be a parole officer -- asked me why I limited myself to out-of-date books, pointing out that Booster Gold wouldn't bother with such restrictions.

Obviously, comic book publishers are in business to sell comic books. They need us to buy their product, and have every right to defend their business by enforcing their copyrighted material. If we all take their comics for free from the internet, eventually there will no longer be any new DC comics.

However, if you buy a comic that you really enjoy, the publishers would want you to share that experience with your friends in the hopes of selling comics to them too. How is sharing comics peer-to-peer any different than passing your floppies to your friends over the kitchen table each week?

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--Boosterrific Blog! Seriously, the blog insert script is now rewritten and fully functional. (All my other scripts are still broken, but I figured everyone would appreciate it if I started with the important one.) New posts resume, well, today.

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The good news is that the scripts have been updated on the public side of Boosterrific.com. I think that everything is working again now. (I trust you'll let me know at webmaster at Boosterrific.com if I'm wrong.)

The bad news is that the back-end scripts are really, really broken. They had been cobbled together piecemeal over time, and sorting out that knot of tangled strings has proven really frustrating. So I decided late last night that I'll be rebuilding them from scratch.

I warn that site updates may be few and far between until I solve these problems. I hope that you will be patient with me in the meantime.

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Be aware that there will be no post on the blog tomorrow. (Why? Part holiday, part continued maintenance.) Blog posts will resume on Monday. Enjoy your weekend, Booster boosters!

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Attention Geoff Johns: when you bring Booster Gold back in Justice League of America, please fix his costume.

Last week's poll question: ( votes)

Yes, we're running the poll a day early today so that everyone can enjoy their Thanksgiving turkey and football tomorrow. And because of the ongoing maintenance here at Boosterrific.com, there will be no new poll this week. Polling will resume next week, assuming everything gets working again. Again, I apologize for the inconvenience.

P.S. Comments are currently broken. I'll get them fixed as soon as possible (probably later today).

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