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Re: Please... OMFG!!! Why doesn't anyone challenge idiots like these with facts?!?!? This guy gets away with ridiculous statements like "You can download a song over a 56K modem almost in real time." Maybe because he is a lobbyist and he talks to other idiots in the senate and congress that have less of a clue than he does he gets away with it. Valenti is trying to use mp3 as an example for movies. But even a compressed movie (like DivX) is larger than a regular music cd in .wav format. So how is this idiot allowed to compare compressed mp3's to movies in peer to peer networks? Afterall, how many people are downloading ripped .wav files of songs on peer to peer networks? How many people can afford to give up that kind of upload time? Does Valenti think broadband on peer to peer means that everyone has a T1 line? Someone needs to shut this guy up with facts before he spouts more crap to lawmakers.
I read an article (I forget where, sorry) that senator Diane Feinstein (D-Ca), read: bought by Valenti, had a press conference where she showed that one of her aids had downloaded a movie off of the internet (GASP! WOOOO!). These idiots are trying to show what's possible not probable or even likely. "Senator Feinstein, How long did it take your aid to download that movie? 12 hours? 18 hours? 24 hours?" By the logic of their arguments no one would ever pay $8 to see a movie in a theater and would just pay $3 rent a dvd even if there was no pirating of movies. |
