I agree to disagree, and I appreciate your point of view. BlockTrades International is profiting from this endeavor. They are not "selling" copy-written material, but they are "storing" and "broadcasting" copy-written material by having a Witness node. And they buy and sell HIVE tokens, hence the financial reward. This is illegal.

I do no want to have to continue to participate in this HIVE fiasco. People keep saying, "Well just login to HIVE and do this or do that." The HIVE blockchain should have started from scratch, but it didn't, because it would have been a total failure. This is a small group of delusional rogues who believe themselves to be revolutionaries in the name of the masses, and that they are leading the way for the great Steem Exodus. It's quite comical!

I have already converted my HIVE into STEEM, which is the only positive thing that I'm getting out of this; and I'm powering down my staked HIVE to hopefully get some more STEEM before this House of Cards comes crashing down.