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Nekosohana
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:28 am Post subject: Rulng the Internet with an Iron Fist! |
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Bush signed into law a new position that will appoint stricter penalties to people pirating intellectual property. In addition, they are going to create a position for an IP "czar" that will report directly to the President on these matters.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49C7EI20081013
Makes me want to go out and steal some tunes just to be a dick about it. |
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CrownNSeven
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: |
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| Good luck regulating newsgroups, I have no worries my downloads are in jeopardy. |
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BigSlick
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: |
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CrownNSeven wrote: Good luck regulating newsgroups, I have no worries my downloads are in jeopardy.
Exactly. If they could actually have an impact on it, it would have already happened.
In related news, I'm closing in on 6,000 MP3s downloaded. Great success! |
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BBLWOG
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BigSlick wrote: CrownNSeven wrote: Good luck regulating newsgroups, I have no worries my downloads are in jeopardy.
Exactly. If they could actually have an impact on it, it would have already happened.
In related news, I'm closing in on 6,000 MP3s downloaded. Great success!
How's that 200CD clearance coming? |
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BigSlick
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BBLWOG wrote: How's that 200CD clearance coming?
Still all sitting in a box by my computer at home. The CueCat method of scanning the barcodes to get the titles listed was pretty much a failure. I'm going to have to bring the box to the next event and setup a kiosk to see if anybody wants to take them off my hands for a dollar each and/or ridicule my musical tastes. |
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Nekosohana
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I remember CueCat, I thought that shit was dead and gone.
I'm in for a dollar. |
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MushMouthMike
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Nekosohana wrote: I remember CueCat, I thought that shit was dead and gone.
I'm in for a dollar.
I had to sue those guys (Cue Cat company...Digital something another) because they interviewed 2 people from me, and then tried to hire them behind my back. Got my money when I realized this 9 months later! |
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onewhowas
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itsoverjonny
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In my eyes, outside of the guys who sell shit at swap meets, the majority of large-scale "commercial" piracy happens overseas and then the products are distributed in the U.S. I'm pretty sure Bush doesn't have much jurisdiction to pass laws that effect those guys.
I'm not talking about MP3's - I'm talking about counterfeit CD's and DVD's that come in from Hong Kong, Singapore, etc. I've bought a few DVD's on eBay that appeared to be legit, only to have a package show up from Asia with a counterfeit product. The vast majority of U.S. consumers are too stupid to find and download the underground stuff and the newsgroup stuff. It would seem that the majority of the losses come from the people that buy illegal "hard copies" of copyrighted material.
If this is indeed the case, this is just a different form of the decades-long war on drugs from foreign countries. Good luck with all that. |
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Nekosohana
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itsoverjonny wrote: In my eyes, outside of the guys who sell shit at swap meets, the majority of large-scale "commercial" piracy happens overseas and then the products are distributed in the U.S. I'm pretty sure Bush doesn't have much jurisdiction to pass laws that effect those guys.
I'm not talking about MP3's - I'm talking about counterfeit CD's and DVD's that come in from Hong Kong, Singapore, etc. I've bought a few DVD's on eBay that appeared to be legit, only to have a package show up from Asia with a counterfeit product. The vast majority of U.S. consumers are too stupid to find and download the underground stuff and the newsgroup stuff. It would seem that the majority of the losses come from the people that buy illegal "hard copies" of copyrighted material.
If this is indeed the case, this is just a different form of the decades-long war on drugs from foreign countries. Good luck with all that.
My question here is why the US taxpayer is forced to prop up the fight agaisnt piracy when corporations have legal actions that they can take.
Thet them fend for themselves. They have no problem fucking joe sixpack for a grand of stolen music. They can deal with this shit. |
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itsoverjonny
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Nekosohana wrote: My question here is why the US taxpayer is forced to prop up the fight agaisnt piracy when corporations have legal actions that they can take.
Because all politicians, including the Legislature and the President, have to do what their corporate sponsors want. |
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Nekosohana
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itsoverjonny wrote: Nekosohana wrote: My question here is why the US taxpayer is forced to prop up the fight agaisnt piracy when corporations have legal actions that they can take.
Because all politicians, including the Legislature and the President, have to do what their corporate sponsors want.
Horseshit. How about a little fucking hope. We need another Mr. Smith Goes to Washington or something. |
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itsoverjonny
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Nekosohana wrote: Horseshit. How about a little fucking hope.
All hope is lost. I'm investing in guns and ammo. And in bars for you pussies that will go get drunk because you're too weak to pick up a gun. |
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Nekosohana
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itsoverjonny wrote: Nekosohana wrote: Horseshit. How about a little fucking hope.
All hope is lost. I'm investing in guns and ammo. And in bars for you pussies that will go get drunk because you're too weak to pick up a gun.
I am investing in fire. Shitloads of fire. |
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TommyTwoToes
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itsoverjonny wrote: Nekosohana wrote: Horseshit. How about a little fucking hope.
All hope is lost. I'm investing in guns and ammo. And in bars for you pussies that will go get drunk because you're too weak to pick up a gun.
what about those of us that prefer to get ripped before we go shooting ? |
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itsoverjonny
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TommyTwoToes wrote: what about those of us that prefer to get ripped before we go shooting ?
Sweet. Win-Win. |
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