said by Jason Levine :

Sure. Why not.
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Have you ever tried popcorn for breakfast? A big bowl of popcorn with some milk poured over it. (Perhaps some sugar if you want it sweeter, but I prefer it without.)

said by DataDoc We make our popcorn with oil in a Stir Crazy (best popper ever) and use real butter. [/BQUOTE :

Bought this again a couple of years and won't look back. It's a bit of a drag to have to clean it, but not hard and worth it for the quality of the result. The hybrid popcorn in a jar works better than the bog standard bagged stuff.

said by 8744675 :

Farmers aren't selling less popcorn because of piracy, they are selling their corn crops for ethanol. Next NBC will be claiming that piracy hurts both corn farmers and gas companies because nobody is driving to the movies.

I say, P2P use saves gas...something nobody can argue with these days!

said by Kearnstd :

then the pirates could say they are supporting reduction in CO2 emissions by staying home.

said by 8744675 :

Next NBC will be claiming that piracy hurts both corn farmers and gas companies because nobody is driving to the movies.

said by DeafRandy :

If you over legislate or try to DRM everything, you'll probably kill the 'net.

said by DeafRandy :

Here we go again. *rolls eyes*

If you over legislate or try to DRM everything, you'll probably kill the 'net. I don't know how much traffic on the 'net is in violation of various copyright laws, but if you kill everything off, you won't have a 'net, and there goes all your business, corporate moguls. I agree something has to be done about what's going on, but this isn't it.

said by kamm :

No, there's nothing "has to be done about it", that's the complete BS they try to spoon-fed you with, don't buy it.

They will have to change their fuckin' business modell, that's all - bu so far they are refusing it, rather yelling at others to pay their tab instead.

Music and movie industries - the two most slimiest, most fuckin corrupt shitholes without any sense of decency in America. Big oil and big pharma companies only comes after these parasites in the media world when it comes to arrogant arm twisting.

said by Sumner Redstone :

...Solutions turn on enlisting the aggregators -- ISPs, device manufacturers, hosting companies, and site operators -- in this effort. We're not ask for perfection. But we do ask that companies that become aware of piracy using their facilities, do something about it.

said by nasadude :

I guess when technology permits, they will be requesting brain chip implants for everyone under 30 to keep them from "pirating" content.

said by bcronin :

... can't think of any business model that could provide enough revenue ... but all the people involved in creating the content have to make a living

said by nasadude :

our rent-a-congress seems ready, willing and able to continue mandating outrageous financial penalties and draconian measures

H.R. 4279 puts resources toward aiding a sector of the economy that employs an estimated 18 million workers - 13% of our labor force - and accounts for half of all US exports, driving 40% of the country's growth.

As a result of less than effective enforcement, however, counterfeiting and piracy costs the United States economy between 200 and 250 billion dollars every year, and results in the loss of 750,000 American jobs.

H.R. 4279 will do four important things:

First, it will prioritize intellectual property protection to the highest level of our government by creating an office in the White House that will be responsible for coordinating the IP efforts of eight diverse agencies and producing a national Joint Strategic Plan for IP enforcement.

Second, it will elevate IP enforcement within the Justice Department and provide more resources for investigating and prosecuting IP crimes.

Third, it will make changes to both civil and criminal IP laws to enhance the ability of intellectual property owners to effectively protect their rights.

And, it will increase penalties for IP violations that endanger public health and safety.

As a result, H.R. 4279 is now supported by a number of key industries and associations, including the Consumer Electronics Association, the Digital Media Association, the Net Coalition, the Internet Commerce Coalition, the Coalition for Consumers' Pictures Rights, and the Printing Industries of America.

This is in addition to support we already had from the Teamsters, the Directors Guild of America, SEIU, AFTRA, Unite Here, AFM, OPEIU, the Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy, the Motor Equipment Manufacturing Association, the Motion Picture Association of America, PHARMA, and NBC Universal.

said by major marco :

It's really a toss up as to which face best personifies the face of ::GREED::

said by Nick125 :

I really wonder what an MPAA "brainstorming" session looks like. If they're throwing out these stupid ideas out to the press, I really wonder what kind of ideas that they actually deem as bad.

"I got an idea! Let's put a chip into the computers so they'll blow up whenever they access a pirating site!"