 jhudson2Copyright Martyr
join:2000-11-07
San Marcos, CA | Oh My God!!
"There are more than nine and a half million broadband subscribers now. Once those large pipes and high-speed access subscribers begin to increase, we can be terrorized by what's going on."
Terrorist Broadbanders??? Has anyone notified John Ashcroft??
If the fear of my DSL connection keeps Jack Valenti awake at night with covers pulled up tight over his shriveled mellon then that in and of itself is worth $50 a month. |
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| "If the fear of my DSL connection keeps Jack Valenti awake at night with covers pulled up tight over his shriveled mellon then that in and of itself is worth $50 a month."
I would easily fork over $600 / month, and get that T1 I've been dreaming about. I mean, I can't possibly find a better excuse.
Imagine how much that 1.5 Mbit upload would make him feel...drools... |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
 ·AT&T DSL Service
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There is an active campaign now (since Sept 11th) to characterize all "hacking", copy protection breaking, Piracy, etc as 'Cyberterrorism' or plain terrorism. Valenti has been throwing this around a lot.
The agenda, of course, is to get the legal system to accept this definition, and punish it accordingly.
"Mr. Hacker/Pirate, you are hereby sentenced to 25 years to life for Terrorism. Your "cracks" cost the U.S. economy 58 billion dollars and 721,000 Americans lost their jobs in your terrorist attack. We know. Jack Valenti said so.
So burn! Burn! And we're throwing away the key...."
[text was edited by author 2002-04-04 22:16:40] |
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Love the way that people throw around the term "terrorist" after 9/11 to justify their arguments. And I'm sure it is no coincidence that he used that term in his interview. Hey Mr. Valenti! Talk to people in the Middle East, Northern Ireland and New Yorkers/Pentagon workers about real terrorism. Save your hyperbole for hawking your crap Hollywood drivel that I wouldn't even waste my bandwidth and HD space trying to download. |
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Mr. Valenti will continue using words like "cyberterrorism" unless WE do something about it.
Words work only when no one challenges them. Like an empty gun, they still scare people into action. The real terrorist here is Jack (Sticky Fingers) Valenti, who is using scare tactics to take your rights away. He will win if you don't do something about it.
Let your elected officials know that you find his characterization of everyday Americans as "Broad Band terrorists" as criminal, unethical and disgraceful (you can also use words like "s**ks", but politicians like nice, pleasant, big words). Get your friends, neighbors, dudes at work and IM buddies to do the same.
Let's all start using the slogan "I download music, and I VOTE". Valenti has no power if the people who make laws represent us. We just have to convince those nice folks in Washington and State Capitals that we're more important than the cash cows they worship. |
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 pupowskiPremium
join:2002-03-22
Vancouver, WA | reply to KrK
Crime and punishment said by KrK:
There is an active campaign now (since Sept 11th) to characterize all "hacking", copy protection breaking, Piracy, etc as 'Cyberterrorism' or plain terrorism. Valenti has been throwing this around a lot.
The agenda, of course, is to get the legal system to accept this definition, and punish it accordingly.
Ashcroft is already working for the entertainment and software moguls. That should was clear after he gave the Microsoft settlement away and had the FBI raid our Universities looking for unlicensed software/music downloads. |
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Re: Oh My God!! You are so absolutely right...these days ANYTIME anyone feels like somebody might be stepping on their toes, they just cry "terrorism!" in order to justify retaliation. It's going in this circumstance, in the war on drugs (t.v. commercials saying that money you spent on last weekend's weed went directly to UBL), and even in the middle east where Israel is trying to destroy the "Palestinian terrorsits".
I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but it is going on.
I will say, though, that the use of the word "terrorism" in the digital copying context is just ludicrous. |
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KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | reply to jhudson2
Agreed. The only "Terrorism" in MP3's etc is in Jack Valenti's mind... the thought that someone might be actually able to use digital media without him making *extra* profits on it strikes Terror into his heart. |
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 amdazPremium
join:2000-12-29
San Francisco, CA | reply to jhudson2
Oh evil you are ... he he
BTW, Ashcroft cant be bothered with terrorist, he is busy covering some metal breasts. |
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