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It's only when you realize the lengths the recording and motion picture industry will go to make a buck, that you will truely understand the problem.
A small proportion of the public downloading movies and music for free is not hurting the industry near as much as they would like you to believe. They're still getting rich and we're still getting poor. The fact that the average Joe the Plumber doesn't know a torrent from a turnip pretty much ensures that the respective industries will still get paid.
If they maid music and movies easier and cheaper to acquire legally by means other than expensive cds and dvds or movie tickets, and got that message out to the public on how easy it is and made the media DRM-free, we'd be ok. iTunes, Zune Marketplace, etc. are making that dream come truer every day and I have no problem paying a buck for a song because I can freely move it around and burn it to a disc if I want. Movies on the other hand are a bit trickier and you still have unnecessary restrictions on what you can do with them in many cases. Make the price fair and don't worry about what we do with the files. At the right price point, paying for a quality copy and downloading is much better than pirating, music or movies.
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Actually, 95% of all downloads are illegal!
95% !!!
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Really? I didn't know the New York Times printed anything other then pinko commie leftest propaganda. In an effort to infect our population and have the populous reject and surrender our Republic values. All done in the name of Fairness.
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There are ONLY TWO THINGS that filing for bankruptcy can't get rid of under any circumstances:
Back Taxes (but if handled correctly they can be renegotiated and settled for much less)
and
Student Loans
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To be a successful DoJ lawyer or federal prosecutor, you have to be kind of an a** to begin with.
That means that when sorting through the pool of people available to fill these positions, you're essentially deciding between different kinds of a**es.
Are you going to pick the a**es that like to advocate for torture or the ones that support cracking down on state-legal marijuana sales? The ones that bust people who were forced into drug-muleing in order to keep their families safe instead of the money makers or the ones that ask for maximum penalties on disproportionate drug laws? The ones who categorize your political statement as terrorist acts or the ones that fight to enforce overly draconian copyright laws? The a**es that did all of this in the public context, the private context, or (as is true with most of them since the public jobs are good experience but don't pay as well) both.
Really anyone who is qualified for the job has had to do at least one and probably all of the above by choice or by assignment. Until we get the laws changed, our legal enforcers are going to be the a**es that fought to enforce bad laws.
02/05/09
Advocates for torture? Is that what the New Your Times calls our Military Generals these days? (the derogatory description seems to change every week)
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that."
Reservoir Dogs
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I have no beef with the military - personally, politically, or professionally.
02/05/09
People with all this hope that Obama is going to turn this country around and make everything better are fooling themselves. The government is the same old steaming pile of shit, just with a different face.
And honestly, the only change we're guaranteed to see is less rights. More governmental control.. yeah is that what we REALLY need?
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Yeah, it really sucks that the gov't cracked down on stealing cars, computers, houses, clothes, food, airplanes, furniture, phones, exotic pets, and personal chefs, because I really loved pirating them too. And now music? Soon, there will be nothing left to steal. Damn politicians. :)
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This is because the role of Vice President is defined by the President. It may be a large role like in the George W. Bush Administration or a small role like in the George HW Bush Administration. Or, it may be restricted to certain major areas like under Clinton or utilize a VP's strength's like under Reagan.
The truth is, even with Biden on the undercard, more people found him more tolerable (myself included) as a Vice President than John McCain as President.
People vote for President, not Vice President.
02/05/09
I would have been fairly indifferent between Obama/McCain, had they been running alone - both are moderate in most issues. However, I would definitely choose Obama-Biden over McCain-Palin. For me, the vice-presidential candidate mattered immensely. It is probably the same for many moderate voters.
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I voted for Ron Paul, you guys who voted for the "lesser" evil still voted for evil.
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Why doesn't the gov't get it that unlike everything else that costs money, time, and talent to make, music and music alone should be freeeeeeee!!!!
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No one is going to argue that music should be free, its the 200k lawsuits for sharing 1 song. Add to that the vagueness that the RIAA is able to get passed through legislation from friends in high places. Should ripping a legally purchased cd really be illegal?
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Fortunately, the RIAA is supposedly no longer going after individuals with those crazy lawsuits. Those hurt both consumers and musicians.
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Verrilli as "The Comedian" no less.
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Maybe if there was a statue to Moe Green in Las Vegas, he'd know.
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It's also like how everyone lambasted the Republicans for censorship and seem to forget about Tipper Gore and what she did for "the children" by requiring labeling systems and censorship.
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Like i said, Biden is hand in hand with the RIAA and he wants the government to control the internet and he's well on his way to do so. Which makes Obama seem like a puppet for choosing that conservative deuchebag in the first place just to appease the voters. It's like, "hey, here's HALF-BUSH/HALF-DEMOCRAT, vote for us!" but all the talk about change and getting in touch with today's youth, and net neutrality, freedom of expression, private companies not having control of the white house, oviously all complete bullshit.
RIAA is the company suing 14 year old girls for $100,000.00 dollars and more for downloading a single Britney Spears song from the internet, not to mention senior citizens that don't know better. Those guys udner Biden are the heartless bastards that took all those cases to court and ruined MANY MANY lives. I was an all out Obama supporter until the Biden pick. And then completely gave up on him when he publicly declared the Patriot Act is necessary.
02/05/09
As soon as a Liberal Democrat, like Joe Biden, does something that pisses of the sheeple they label him a Conservative. I love it.
News Flash: Joe Biden is not and never was a Conservative. He is a leader in the Neo-Lib revolution to have government control every aspect of your lives.
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Bob Barr actually. Ha.
02/06/09
I have no idea if I'm spelling Cptn Angry's name right, but I can't figure out another way to spell it that makes sense to my tired mind, and I'm too lazy to google it.
Well look at it this way, the DoJ is always busy with the same old shit, so hopefully these guys won't have time to prosecute anyone for piracy...
Arrrrrr, always look on the bright side'o'life, me matey.