I totally agree.But only because it is extreme and the fall out will be ultimately harmful. There are already laws in place that protect against piracy, and rightly so IMHO. I have great sympathy for people whose livelihood is creative, and then get ripped off.
Often however it is 'big business' that is screwing small guys, whilst ripping off ideas that should have intellectual protection and recycling them in adverts etc for corporate gain.
Unfortunately 'America' (and I don't want to use lazy stereotyping of 'Americans') has a habit of attempting to impose its will on the rest of the world when it has no legal, moral or ethical right to do so.
Priciples of intellectual protection? good. SOPA? bad. Murdoch? self interested cunt of the highest order.
(Often however it is 'big business' that is screwing small guys, whilst ripping off ideas that should have intellectual protection and recycling them in adverts etc for corporate gain.
Unfortunately 'America' (and I don't want to use lazy stereotyping of 'Americans') has a habit of attempting to impose its will on the rest of the world when it has no legal, moral or ethical right to do so.
Priciples of intellectual protection? good. SOPA? bad. Murdoch? self interested cunt of the highest order.
da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>,
Wed 18 Jan 2012, 9:34,
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indeed *smokes pipe* :)
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prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave,
Wed 18 Jan 2012, 9:38,
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Agreed.Especially on the part where it's just another example of big businesses screwing the small guys, mainly because they have the power and money to be this influential and are using it to be even more influential.
But they just can't be trusted to have and maintain the right morals and motives to hold such power.
(But they just can't be trusted to have and maintain the right morals and motives to hold such power.
mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this,
Wed 18 Jan 2012, 9:54,
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Standard Operating Proceedure.Make an insanely ridiculous set of laws that include the thing you want that looks nasty but ultimately isn't as insane as the whole set of laws
await protest
say "lol, my bad" water down original proposal "heh, I guess you guys won huh?"
Pass seemingly watered down set of laws that include the specific stuff you want.
Either that or attach the law to legislation on lard manufacturing that MUST be passed or there will be a lard manufacturing crisis internationally or sneak it by in some similar way.
the system works
(await protest
say "lol, my bad" water down original proposal "heh, I guess you guys won huh?"
Pass seemingly watered down set of laws that include the specific stuff you want.
Either that or attach the law to legislation on lard manufacturing that MUST be passed or there will be a lard manufacturing crisis internationally or sneak it by in some similar way.
the system works
discomeats This canoe,
Wed 18 Jan 2012, 10:37,
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