I PM'd the Fatman about his download threads the other day, and he knows my position on it. As someone in the industry and therefore with a vested interest, I hate peer-to-peer sites, bit torrent etc. But I'm also not so naive as to believe that porn piracy will ever be stamped out.

Promoting it on a forum paid for by Jeff is, however, naive. I don't condone it and I believe the Fatman is genuinely sorry for revealing his addiction to the board. At the same time, I like a lot of his posts (except the ones where he really goes on), and I think that we should also bear in mind his mental health, medication etc. before suddenly reaching for the tar and feathers.

Banning him or taking extreme action would make us no different to the mods at ADT who get riled when people don't buy their DVDs via their recommended sources.