Ah yes, that is what I wanted people to take from that. Thanks for clarifying.
Now they can sue more people for more music.
For all of you who have decided that us Kool-aid drinking freetards who suckle at Mikes apologist bosom. I have this to say.
If this law passes it should not take long before you begin to see the unintended consequences of such a terrible piece of legislation. Perhaps then you will see what we have all be trying to warn you about all this time. As your ISP bills rise do to passing down the added costs of doing business. You favorite blog or website being blocked because somewhere someone posted a link to a torrent on a thread you have never seen before. Before you know it the only place your troll loving self will have to hang out is here at Techdirt where we will welcome your lack logic and understanding with acidic sarcasm and contempt for what you helped turn the internet into.
Not like they would have to tell the truth about what they found anyways.
Should we ban your account now?
that .001 of a cent for each radio play is really all that important when your band is a special request on "yesterdays lunch" on your local rock station.
Was it ever really that good to begin with? I say no, and I was actually a fan of the genre they are supposed to be a part of.
My My so angry. Someone pass that man a groupie and and bottle of whiskey.
Especially seeing how Issa is from California. They have had a tendency to lean more towards the copyright crowd.
I was thinking more along the technical damage done. I have no doubt in my mind that he knows exactly what they plan on using this bill for, and how far it can be stretched to achieve there overall goals. He is not an idiot by the dictionary definition.
Sounds like what we expected from a man that has no idea what the hell he is actually talking about. Great spin master though. He should be running a campaign or lobbying....... wait?
The first big step on the road
To the depths of deg-ra-Day--
I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon,
Then beer from a bottle.
An' the next thing ya know,
Your son is playin' for money
In a pinch-back suit.
And list'nin to some big out-a-town Jasper
Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin'.
Not a wholesome trottin' race, no!
But a race where they set down right on the horse!
Like to see some stuck-up jockey'boy
Sittin' on Dan Patch? Make your blood boil?
Well, I should say.
Friends, lemme tell you what I mean.
Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six pockets in a table.
Pockets that mark the diff'rence
Between a gentlemen and a bum,
With a capital "B,"
And that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool!
And all week long your River City
Youth'll be frittern away,
I say your young men'll be frittern!
Frittern away their noontime, suppertime, choretime too!
Get the ball in the pocket,
Never mind gittin' Dandelions pulled
Or the screen door patched or the beefsteak pounded.
Never mind pumpin' any water
'Til your parents are caught with the Cistern empty
On a Saturday night and that's trouble,
Oh, yes we got lots and lots a' trouble.
I'm thinkin' of the kids in the knickerbockers,
Shirt-tail young ones, peekin' in the pool
Hall window after school, look, folks!
Right here in River City.
Trouble with a capital "T"
And that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool!
- Music Man - Ya Got Trouble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI_Oe-jtgdI
What they intend is never what they actually mean. ACs and trolls alike say that Mike and those of us who happen to agree with his opinion are the ones who are drinking the kool-aid. I say it must be the other way around. You actually swallow what the government does without question, and believe that both the government and the SOPA supporters are doing this for the betterment of the American public?
If you actually blow threw that kind of money in a short amount of time then you had it coming
As though any of us are truly shocked that our government would lie to its people? Its not like they haven't done it before.
This argument lends itself well to the content industries, and our arguments against them.
OBJECTION! Facts not in evidence, and otherwise I would ask opposing council to make a point or abstain from further comment.
They are not doing "that badly" either.
Actually I believe that you are wrong. The Content companies are trying to kill the venues that upcoming artists and creators are using to get themselves known. They are the gate keepers, and they want everyone to think that you have to go through them in order to get anywhere. THATS how they make their money. Sure there is some illegal traffic on PtP networks, but how much is the legitimate free exchange or ideas and information? You shut them down, and you silence them all. Not just the ones who are infringing.
Re: we have standards
Im more interested to know in where the Pirate Party has been brought up on charges for doing something illegal. Last I checked they were a political party which happens to think differently from most established parties when it comes to things like copyright. I didn't know that thinking differently from the established majority was a possible crime.