All or Nothing at All

[Commentary] In looking at the response of the critics to the new PROTECT IP bill I couldn't help but recall the title of the old Altman/Lawrence song "". These critics want a perfect solution to piracy or no solution at all. They all do lip service to the idea that piracy is a problem but, and there is ALWAYS a "but", they find some hypothetical situation that might happen as a result of the legislation and say the results would be too dire for them to support the bill in its current form. As a creator there is nothing more disheartening than seeing your work being stolen while advertizements are sold on top of the access to illegal copies of your work. The time has come to protect the voices that are being silenced by these rogues websites. The Protect IP Bill isn't a perfect fix-all for piracy, but it is a start. Sometimes instead of singing "" we need to sing 'something is better than nothing'! [Carnes is President of the Songwriters Guild of America]