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Since Black March is now over, I have one thing to say to all those who participated, and even to those who didn’t: Don’t binge now! There were few enough of us who fully kept it up until the end, so the impact was very small as it was and it’ll therefore be very easy to negate it if you compensate now. Get back to your normal behavior if you must, but don’t give them a Golden April or everything will play right into their hands, hurting us and yourselves even more.
Of course, it’d be better if you could keep at least a partial boycott going, assuming that you have learned a few things during the past month and are now aware of more alternatives to the products offered by these large international corporations. This way, you won’t need to restrict your access to entertainment as a whole and could even compensate for what you feel you missed during March without actually obtaining or using more products copyrighted by those we’re fighting against than you previously used to during a regular month, and then you could use even less starting next month, since there’d be nothing left to compensate for. This would be the true boycott, since it’d hurt them in the long run while at the same time aiding those who struggle to provide such alternatives, working outside this rotten system.
Whatever you do, remember that nothing worthwhile’s ever easy and don’t give up. The industry is currently in a very strong position and has had decades, if not centuries, to perfect its tactics, so the only way for this fight to be short is for us to surrender and allow them to win. If we want victory, we must be aware that the battle will be long and hard and be fully prepared for it.