Flendon's Journal: Bill Gates watches pirated videos

If you read way down to the bottom of a Wall Street Journal interview with Bill Gates that ran yesterday, you'll discover that the Microsoft executive admitted to watching pirated movies on the Internet. The confession came as he was talking about content he had viewed on YouTube. Here's part of the exchange:

        WSJ: You watch physics lectures and Harlem Globetrotters [on YouTube]?

        Gates: This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.

        WSJ: But those were stolen, correct?

        Gates: Stolen's a strong word. It's copyrighted content that the owner wasn't paid for. So yes.

Now if only Bill would develop the same generosity when it comes to Microsoft's copyrighted material. He is a philanthropist after all.