Why is it 'too late to repeal' these laws? Because they are international agreements? Perhaps it's time to stop saying that international agreements are verboten to break.
Shit like that should be watched for and if a politician is found taking a bribe like that? Arrested and automatically banned from holding another public position ever, conviction or not.
Thank you, Anonymous Coward. You hit all the nails on the head. To the first Anonymous Coward in this post, you are a troll of the WORST DAMNED KIND!
Either that, or you are a paid MAFIAA poster who has taken his brain out and shot it a few times in order to lower your IQ enough to believe the MAFIAA bunkus.
Good point. Personally, I would like to slip a recording device on these people and see all the 'conflicts of interest' that are coming up here.
Frankly, even though it is 'illegal' by federal law, I wouldn't give a shit: there are times when you HAVE to break the law to keep the politicians honest!
Agreed. These idiots don't seem to realize that the famous 'Tarkin' comment from Star Wars applies here.
The ONLY thing that this will do to will be to make people go to encrypted end-to-end p2p like Freenet. Hell, Bittorrent could be rewritten to require encryption end-to-end with little to no problems with that.
Mike is neither pro- nor anti-piracy. He does things on a case by case basis.
You want to see someone who is pro-piracy, talk with ME! I will pay NOTHING to the MPAA, RIAA nor any company that uses DRM on games online.
Will I pirate their stuff? Hell yes, just to throw a big middle finger at these companies and tell them "Fine, you want to treat me like a criminal just for refusing to be taken advantage of by you?! I's gonna act like a criminal!"
I cannot in the slightest see this bill passing and, if Bizarro World happens tomorrow and it does, surviving challenges in the Supreme Court of the United States.
Whoever came up with THIS argument needs a good swift kick up the butt in real life.
I swear...... the more and more I see, the more I realize that on issues of copyright and patent, Obama is just as in the hands of the MPAA and it's member companies as Bush was, if not more.
Hilarious article, and the sad thing is that everything in there is true.
Though, with the advent of SSD recording (which doesn't degrade fast or at all in some cases) the TV industry does have some reasoning that they are being 'run out of business'.
Not much, however, because people still watch their stuff using DVR's and it's still a pain in the ass to skip through the commercials, because you can never seem to stop EXACTLY when the show in question starts up again.
Good point with the "Employing future employees of the industry they are regulating!" Personally, I want a law that says if you are involved in regulation of an industry, after you LEAVE that regulatory position, you are banned from working in that industry for 20 years or having any stock in companies in that industry.
The problem isn't with the Constitution of the United States, considering that it was written 200+ years ago.
The problem is that it didn't have an easy way to update it while banning changing some portions of it (such as the Bill of Rights) to take into account the exponential increase in technology.
With all due respect to el_segfaulto and Some Other AC, the fact is that when the Texas people as a whole allow stupid shit like this?
They are going to get bashed upon for allowing it. Simply put, when they see something like this happening, the PEOPLE should step in and put an end to it.
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Actually, no, ACTA does NOT embody United States law. It goes much further than United States law on many issues, to damned far to be blunt.
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BINGO! That is exactly what that Anonymous Coward who made the quotes in question is advocating and it is NOT acceptable in the slightest.
It's the world equivalent of being a playground bully!
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Why is it 'too late to repeal' these laws? Because they are international agreements? Perhaps it's time to stop saying that international agreements are verboten to break.
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Only when you are talking about real, blood/sweat/tears wars. In cases like this, the absolute best thing to do is to fight and fight HARD!
Why? Because it can speed your enemy onto their just demise.
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Shit like that should be watched for and if a politician is found taking a bribe like that? Arrested and automatically banned from holding another public position ever, conviction or not.
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Thank you, Anonymous Coward. You hit all the nails on the head. To the first Anonymous Coward in this post, you are a troll of the WORST DAMNED KIND!
Either that, or you are a paid MAFIAA poster who has taken his brain out and shot it a few times in order to lower your IQ enough to believe the MAFIAA bunkus.
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Good point. Personally, I would like to slip a recording device on these people and see all the 'conflicts of interest' that are coming up here.
Frankly, even though it is 'illegal' by federal law, I wouldn't give a shit: there are times when you HAVE to break the law to keep the politicians honest!
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Agreed. These idiots don't seem to realize that the famous 'Tarkin' comment from Star Wars applies here.
The ONLY thing that this will do to will be to make people go to encrypted end-to-end p2p like Freenet. Hell, Bittorrent could be rewritten to require encryption end-to-end with little to no problems with that.
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Mike is neither pro- nor anti-piracy. He does things on a case by case basis.
You want to see someone who is pro-piracy, talk with ME! I will pay NOTHING to the MPAA, RIAA nor any company that uses DRM on games online.
Will I pirate their stuff? Hell yes, just to throw a big middle finger at these companies and tell them "Fine, you want to treat me like a criminal just for refusing to be taken advantage of by you?! I's gonna act like a criminal!"
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I cannot in the slightest see this bill passing and, if Bizarro World happens tomorrow and it does, surviving challenges in the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Pah! Like anyone in Iran is going to pay attention to this, to be blunt.
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Agreed on that. Personally, if someone was holding a gun to my head, I would be a maniac and tell them to go stuff it.
Holding a gun to my CHILDREN'S head, the mother of my children's head, or my parents head? I am very sure I would cave immediately.
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Whoever came up with THIS argument needs a good swift kick up the butt in real life.
I swear...... the more and more I see, the more I realize that on issues of copyright and patent, Obama is just as in the hands of the MPAA and it's member companies as Bush was, if not more.
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Hilarious article, and the sad thing is that everything in there is true.
Though, with the advent of SSD recording (which doesn't degrade fast or at all in some cases) the TV industry does have some reasoning that they are being 'run out of business'.
Not much, however, because people still watch their stuff using DVR's and it's still a pain in the ass to skip through the commercials, because you can never seem to stop EXACTLY when the show in question starts up again.
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Good point with the "Employing future employees of the industry they are regulating!" Personally, I want a law that says if you are involved in regulation of an industry, after you LEAVE that regulatory position, you are banned from working in that industry for 20 years or having any stock in companies in that industry.
Get some of the conflicts of interest out of it.
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Yes, it does mean that they should stop writing laws, OR get an opinion from legal experts before enshrining anything into law.
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The problem isn't with the Constitution of the United States, considering that it was written 200+ years ago.
The problem is that it didn't have an easy way to update it while banning changing some portions of it (such as the Bill of Rights) to take into account the exponential increase in technology.
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Wrong. China is an ELITIST government when it comes down to it, exploiting capitalism for economic advantages.
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In America? Hell yes, getting a judge thrown out is pretty damned near close to impossible, even outside of Texas.
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With all due respect to el_segfaulto and Some Other AC, the fact is that when the Texas people as a whole allow stupid shit like this?
They are going to get bashed upon for allowing it. Simply put, when they see something like this happening, the PEOPLE should step in and put an end to it.