Sicerely Yours,
BMI
Capital Records
Sony BMG
Warner Bros.
Summit Entertainment
RIAA
MPAA
BSA
ASCAP, and other fellow industry brethren who are currently in good standing.
You forgot to reference Kool-aid and Freetards.
Without a court needed it could be passed to a 12/hr intern and a form letter.
She got her copy of the E-Parasites Act and;
tl:dr
"In our view....."
I won't go against Mikes wishes and post the actual text either.
It takes a monumental screw up to make your local ambulance chaser look like an upstanding member of the law profession. At least they can say "We are not Righthaven".
For those care what would happen to reddit. If it wasn't for that site I might actually have to work all day.
I own a firearm, and have only ONCE had anyone give me grief about it. That person that gave me grief was quickly silenced by his supervisor when I produced my UTAH carry license. Checked luggage is something that they do not think you will have access to. I transported my firearm with over 500 rounds on a southwest flight last month.
Enforcing them is the expensive part.
Sour grapes there buddy. Your one friend does not a convincing case make.
Correlation vs Causation
The spread of iPods, and MP3 capable phones also sounded the death knell for the big chains as it made it inconvenient to lug large CD collections around anymore. Mobile internet and ever expanding broadband coverage made downloading albums from iTunes fast and easy. Their pricing was HALF of what Tower records charged. Open your eyes and look at all of what happened.
By your logic Blockbuster and Hollywood Video must be victims of piracy as well. Netflix, and again iTunes, Redbox, and legal streaming services had nothing to do with them failing now did it?
I buy all of my content actually. But AGAIN, you missed the point. Neither Mike or myself is voicing about how we are supposed to download copyrighted materials for free anymore. What we are fearing is our government abusing its power and expanding the scope of what is the intention of this law and using it to curtail actual freedoms. We advocate to the world how free we are, and that they should all be like us. At the same time we craft these laws which are the antithesis to what we say we stand for.
Here have some Kool-Aid. Were from the government, and we are here to help you.
"Piracy should be legal"
I disagree. It shouldn't be called Piracy. It should be called File Sharing, and yes it should be legal. Its a tool, nothing more. Will some people misuse a tool? Of course, but just because some do doesn't mean that it should be outlawed.
I sent my critter one as well, but it was not as well versed as this.
Patriot Act and the NSA might disagree with you.
Like a 747 right overhead you missed the point completely.
Isn't protesting generally about speaking out against an abuse of power? If the UK would just look at its own history. Clamping down on a population usually has the opposite affect that they are hoping for.
Nah, Dad's dead. Mom is a FREAK though!
Re: Re: Dear copyright cartel
Your generation and type of artist/content (slow thinking 3 toed sloth) would die off. You would be replaced by the far faster thinking artist/content creator who adapts to what tools are now available, and would work with us techies to further their reach even further. Darwin had it right. Its evolution. Either you will learn to adapt to what the conditions are, our you will simply cease to be.
Signed-
Those who have waited patiently.