 CatchingSpy
join:2002-09-08 Atlanta, GA | Viacom & Copyright infringement
Let's see which corrupt politicians get behind this bill... |
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  hopeflicker Capitalism breeds greed Premium join:2003-04-03 Long Beach, CA
| said by CatchingSpy :Let's see which corrupt politicians get behind this bill... corrupt indeed! -- People pray to God because they're told to. |
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 openbox9
join:2004-01-26 Alexandria, VA
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| reply to CatchingSpy Let's see how many freeloading consumers won't support companies' attempts to be compensated for their products. Besides, what bill and politicians are you talking about? The article talks about industry consolidating efforts, not lawsuits or lobbying congress. |
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  hopeflicker Capitalism breeds greed Premium join:2003-04-03 Long Beach, CA
| said by openbox9 : Besides, what bill and politicians are you talking about? ohhh, come on. You know very damn well that politicians ALWAYS get involved when these companies try to restrict their content. -- People pray to God because they're told to. |
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 openbox9
join:2004-01-26 Alexandria, VA
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| said by hopeflicker :You know very damn well that politicians ALWAYS get involved Umm, no I don't. Anyway, if the politicians get involved, then you can jump to conclusions and claim that corporate America has once again reigned over our elected representatives with the promises of bottomless pits of money. |
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  n2jtx
join:2001-01-13 Glen Head, NY
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| said by openbox9 :said by hopeflicker :You know very damn well that politicians ALWAYS get involved Umm, no I don't. Anyway, if the politicians get involved, then you can jump to conclusions and claim that corporate America has once again reigned over our elected representatives with the promises of bottomless pits of money. It was the politicians who extended for the umpteenth time the lifetime of a copyright under the guise of "The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act". The public domain be damned. I eventually expect the term "limited time", as applied to copyrights, to be infinity minus one second.
So yes, the politicians are too involved. First they make sure that content will never ever become public domain and then they will make sure that everyone is slapped for even trying to get around it. -- I support the right to keep and arm bears. |
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 openbox9
join:2004-01-26 Alexandria, VA
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| said by n2jtx :It was the politicians who extended for the umpteenth time the lifetime of a copyright Irrelevant for this thread. This topic is about the industry uniting to present a solid front to protect their content from piracy. |
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 dentman42
join:2001-10-02 Columbus, OH | In the case of BROADCAST material, they shouldn't trasmit them over public airwaves if they're worried about "piracy". |
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  supergirl
join:2007-03-20 Pensacola, FL
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| reply to CatchingSpy said by CatchingSpy :Let's see which corrupt politicians get behind this bill... If Viacom had any brains, they would required Google to put their ads next to the stuff. Uh, wait a minute. That might make them money without suing. 
Some sage advice to Viacom: shoot your lawyers!  -- Saving the world keeps me busy. However, I find Earth very primitive from my home planet of Krypton. -Supergirl |
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 Kearnstd Elf Wizard Premium join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to openbox9 because clips from a TV show on youtube is just so hurting the industry. or some gamer who uses a song for a music video using game footage is so hurting the band. -- [65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports |
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 openbox9
join:2004-01-26 Alexandria, VA | Why is this so hard to understand? It's about protecting their content. Allowing a precedence to be set providing for unauthorized redistribution is bad business practice...for any product/market. |
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  hopeflicker Capitalism breeds greed Premium join:2003-04-03 Long Beach, CA
| said by openbox9 :Why is this so hard to understand? It's about protecting their content. Allowing a precedence to be set providing for unauthorized redistribution is bad business practice...for any product/market. If they want to protect their content that's fine and good luck to them. I just loath these companies that buy their laws. Down right corruption. -- People pray to God because they're told to. |
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 Kearnstd Elf Wizard Premium join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to CatchingSpy i have zero sympathy for networks like NBC, they pulled out of iTunes and then go and whine about illegal downloads. yet they pulled out of an easy to use legal service. -- [65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports |
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