Paid any attention to what the public wanted or what was good for the country? What's important is increasing the power and control over the public so they can be kept in line as good little consumers and taxpayers.
Right and wrong, freedom or liberty has nothing to do with it. It's power to the government and woe to anyone or anything get in the way of that.
SOPA will do exactly what it's supposed to do. The same way laws about gambling, drinking, drugs, and prostitution have put a stop to those activities. One thing politicians refuse to learn is that you cannot legislate morality.
If the music and entertainment industry cannot adapt to the real world and develop a business model that works with that reality, they deserve to die. It's survival of the most adaptable.
Even though I have been a Mac user since 1986, Apple's recent policies are terrible. I'd advise them to obey the biblical command to "go forth and multiply thyself."
The entertainment industry is a lot like the military. They are continually preparing to fight the last war.
Instead of recognizing that the paradigm has changed and developing a new business plan that works with it, they are fighting a losing battle against the changes.
That train is leaving the station, the entertainment moguls can either get on board or get off the platform.
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When has government
Paid any attention to what the public wanted or what was good for the country? What's important is increasing the power and control over the public so they can be kept in line as good little consumers and taxpayers.
Right and wrong, freedom or liberty has nothing to do with it. It's power to the government and woe to anyone or anything get in the way of that.
So long, Amerika, it was nice to know ye.
Sure, it will work
SOPA will do exactly what it's supposed to do. The same way laws about gambling, drinking, drugs, and prostitution have put a stop to those activities. One thing politicians refuse to learn is that you cannot legislate morality.
If the music and entertainment industry cannot adapt to the real world and develop a business model that works with that reality, they deserve to die. It's survival of the most adaptable.
Tell them this:
Even though I have been a Mac user since 1986, Apple's recent policies are terrible. I'd advise them to obey the biblical command to "go forth and multiply thyself."
Yep, Apple is that sneaky
Of course they are that crafty, but maybe they are shooting themselves in the foot with some of this stuff?
DRM and Piracy
The entertainment industry is a lot like the military. They are continually preparing to fight the last war.
Instead of recognizing that the paradigm has changed and developing a new business plan that works with it, they are fighting a losing battle against the changes.
That train is leaving the station, the entertainment moguls can either get on board or get off the platform.