As the entertainment industry grew, an unholy alliance developed between Hollywood and Congress. Politicians have become corrupted by contributions from the entertainment industry, and now seem to be falling all over each other in their eagerness to serve their Hollywood directors. The Rights Groups with their political allies are now so powerful they have governments the world over jumping to placate their every whim, negotiating secret treaties just for them, even as they conspire to control our computers and cripple the internet to enhance their profits.
Every time a change to copyright law is proposed, it is in response to demands from powerful lobbies. When have you ever seen a grass roots demand for broadened rights, stricter enforcement, or longer copyright duration? Never! Legislation reflects neither the will nor priorities of the majority. People see this happening over and over again, feeling helpless while watching their rights being eroded away. They are not organized, have no lobbyists working for them and no money to buy the politicians with - nor should they need any of that! Their representatives have failed them.
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Copyright legislation is out of control
http://whynotaskme.org/
Zen and the Art of Copyright Legislation
http://whynotaskme.org/zencopyright.htm
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WE WANT TO SHARE with each other. THAT is the POINT!
SHARING is exactly what the INTERNET is intended for. otherwise, why bother??
we've been brainwashed into a depraved lifestyle of profligate greed and conspicuous consumption... war is peace, ignorance is strength, freedom is slavery, greed is good, sharing is piracy, corporations are 'people'??
well to hell with all that inhumane depravity.
if the greedy corporate parasites can't figure out an economic model that SUPPORTS SHARING - instead of criminalizing normal human behavior - then too bad for the parasitic middlemen & degenerate profiteers. good riddance i say!
as one Digg commenter put it:
"it sucks being a candlestick maker in a electric light world. UNLESS you can 'get control of the government' to pass laws to 'protect candle sticks' and attack electric lights. that is what the recording industry is doing; paying congress to protect their candle-making whilst attacking the electric light makers and internet users of the world."
SHARING is NOT piracy - it is precisely what we SHOULD BE DOING.
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We Want to SHARE With Each Other
As the entertainment industry grew, an unholy alliance developed between Hollywood and Congress. Politicians have become corrupted by contributions from the entertainment industry, and now seem to be falling all over each other in their eagerness to serve their Hollywood directors. The Rights Groups with their political allies are now so powerful they have governments the world over jumping to placate their every whim, negotiating secret treaties just for them, even as they conspire to control our computers and cripple the internet to enhance their profits.
Every time a change to copyright law is proposed, it is in response to demands from powerful lobbies. When have you ever seen a grass roots demand for broadened rights, stricter enforcement, or longer copyright duration? Never! Legislation reflects neither the will nor priorities of the majority. People see this happening over and over again, feeling helpless while watching their rights being eroded away. They are not organized, have no lobbyists working for them and no money to buy the politicians with - nor should they need any of that! Their representatives have failed them.
visit website below to continue reading:
Copyright legislation is out of control
http://whynotaskme.org/
Zen and the Art of Copyright Legislation
http://whynotaskme.org/zencopyright.htm
---
WE WANT TO SHARE with each other. THAT is the POINT!
SHARING is exactly what the INTERNET is intended for. otherwise, why bother??
we've been brainwashed into a depraved lifestyle of profligate greed and conspicuous consumption... war is peace, ignorance is strength, freedom is slavery, greed is good, sharing is piracy, corporations are 'people'??
well to hell with all that inhumane depravity.
if the greedy corporate parasites can't figure out an economic model that SUPPORTS SHARING - instead of criminalizing normal human behavior - then too bad for the parasitic middlemen & degenerate profiteers. good riddance i say!
as one Digg commenter put it:
"it sucks being a candlestick maker in a electric light world. UNLESS you can 'get control of the government' to pass laws to 'protect candle sticks' and attack electric lights. that is what the recording industry is doing; paying congress to protect their candle-making whilst attacking the electric light makers and internet users of the world."
SHARING is NOT piracy - it is precisely what we SHOULD BE DOING.