Constitution
join:2008-02-19
Annapolis, MD
| reply to thevorpal
Re: Why stop at 1.5 million
Doesn't the constitution say something about punishment must fit the crime? - I forget the exact words, but it was an attempt to end things like chopping off hands for stealing, or being burned at the stake for daring to tell the church the world wasn't flat.
There is also the old adage - If you owe the bank $100k, they own you. If you owe them $100,000,00 you own them.
Will someone please set up a website, and publicize it that does a few things such as:
Sell bumper stickers, logos, etc that say/represent: "no one buys music anymore, why do you?
The funds go to help defeat officials who take political payoffs from the riaa, mpaa etc. We need to end long term copyright, e.g. 5 years should be it for music, 10 for movies, etc, so these go to the public domain then. Not quite sure what should be done with books etc, though with things changing at an ever faster pace, 10 years is plenty. Yes I would protect trademarks etc, because that is protecting business from business. But what we need to do is protect people from greedy business.
And while I don't keep up with the music biz - I have very little interest in it - I do remember when younger that there was all kinds of corruption by the music industry to get their songs rated in the top ten. We are dealing with crooks here, greedy crooks, not angels.
I sell things for a living. I don't get to collect royalties from the buyer or my business organization on continuing use. If we let these people like the RIAA have their way, we really will move even more into a fascist state where big business is running big government.
And this 5 year / 10 year thing should cover designs e.g. of clothing, etc. Remember when back about the early 1990's when car companies tried to get design patents, so that competitors couldn't make e.g. replacement parts like fenders, etc? Today they are trying to get a bill through congress to allow them to keep their diagnostic codes for car engines and electronics secret, so that when you had a problem, you could only go to their dealers, and instead of charging you $90 for 5 min work (I get this done for free at the local auto parts supplier) maybe they'd be able to try and charge you $500. I also see this in the confluence of extended warranty scams combined with service on PCs by electronic stores, where you discover that the $300 you pay for extended warranties (worst investment you can make - $200 goes to the stores profit right away) they charge you for diagnostics, they'll always find something e.g. software problem regardless of what the real problem is, so you pay and pay.
So many businesses are nothing but scamsters, using the government as a shield. Time for a change. |
