Seriously, with all the breaches of human rights by the US, in areas like illegal Drone Strikes (even against US citizens), Torture, George W Bush now being treated like a War Criminal for his hand in the "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" etc, do you really think someone like Chris Dodd will care about breaching Human Rights? Really? he will just get a job working for MPAA if he loses his current job...
I have read many articles about the **AA or the MAFIAA as some of us like to think of them, but the only question is why do we and or the government(s) care if they are losing money. Seriously they have changed copyright laws multiple times to their benefit, with little to no give back to the people. They continuously take, take, take and take and give us some gems mixed into the crap they peddle. I don't see why the Government needs to give these people more powers and rights without getting anything back (except the government officials with pockets lined with MPAA & RIAA money). Where is the innovation? What have they really given to us? At what cost to us.
Think about this for one minute - How would you feel if you were forced into using Paper Mail again, and email was banned, all to save the Post Office? Or bikes were outlawed cause it hurt the profits of GM too much. How would these companies fair if they actually had to compete in an Open Market - Especially after labeling their customers criminals and going on the offensive? They would die by their own actions, but they are a Monopoly and because Government officials like the money being stuffed into their pockets they are protected.
They won the war by setting the rules of engagement, by claiming financial losses to piracy, everyone thinks pirates are the bad guys.
But I will put it clearly again, Who cares if the MPAA RIAA are losing money?
Every Technology the RIAA and MPAA have claimed as destructive and try to stop it. Here is a few Examples.. Audio Cassette recorders, Audio Cassettes, VCR's, DVR's, PVR's, CD's, DVD's, Mp3 Players the list goes on, and in case you were not noticing it is the internet in general under attack by ONE INDUSTRY. Online storage lockers, are the current target... stop and think about it, when is enough, enough already?
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Re: Re: The End Result Doesn't Even Matter
Seriously, with all the breaches of human rights by the US, in areas like illegal Drone Strikes (even against US citizens), Torture, George W Bush now being treated like a War Criminal for his hand in the "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" etc, do you really think someone like Chris Dodd will care about breaching Human Rights? Really? he will just get a job working for MPAA if he loses his current job...
I agree Piracy isn't the Problem - it's a Symptom
I have read many articles about the **AA or the MAFIAA as some of us like to think of them, but the only question is why do we and or the government(s) care if they are losing money. Seriously they have changed copyright laws multiple times to their benefit, with little to no give back to the people. They continuously take, take, take and take and give us some gems mixed into the crap they peddle. I don't see why the Government needs to give these people more powers and rights without getting anything back (except the government officials with pockets lined with MPAA & RIAA money). Where is the innovation? What have they really given to us? At what cost to us.
Think about this for one minute - How would you feel if you were forced into using Paper Mail again, and email was banned, all to save the Post Office? Or bikes were outlawed cause it hurt the profits of GM too much. How would these companies fair if they actually had to compete in an Open Market - Especially after labeling their customers criminals and going on the offensive? They would die by their own actions, but they are a Monopoly and because Government officials like the money being stuffed into their pockets they are protected.
They won the war by setting the rules of engagement, by claiming financial losses to piracy, everyone thinks pirates are the bad guys.
But I will put it clearly again, Who cares if the MPAA RIAA are losing money?
Every Technology the RIAA and MPAA have claimed as destructive and try to stop it. Here is a few Examples.. Audio Cassette recorders, Audio Cassettes, VCR's, DVR's, PVR's, CD's, DVD's, Mp3 Players the list goes on, and in case you were not noticing it is the internet in general under attack by ONE INDUSTRY. Online storage lockers, are the current target... stop and think about it, when is enough, enough already?