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U.S. Penalizes Ukraine for Abetting 'Piracy'

The Politech mailing list has a note and follow-up on new trade restrictions levied against Ukraine, since they haven't complied with the U.S.'s demand for 'an optical media licensing regime.' John Gilmore's response puts the issue in perspective. Update: 01/03 23:08 GMT by M : The RIAA has a press release about the trade penalties and response to Gilmore.

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  1. booyah by MastahTrollah · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frist post..

  2. Amrica, land of the freedom... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...my ass. If only you americans knew how your government plays with other nations, you would stop saying that you were attacked because those middle eastern mad men were jealous of your freedom.

    No, I am not from middle east, and before calling me off-topic please think how uncle Sam plays with the other kids.

  3. Re:Looks like the US... by hex1848 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you mean looks like microsoft is getting the us to go after targets it can afford to bully.

  4. A note to the anarchists... by cscx · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Piracy is bad. The simple fact that this artice was posted as legitimate "news" is to stir up a controversy about "bah! those horrible Americans! fuck them! let the Ukranians have their piracy!"

    Just the same as those fools that bash Microsoft about putting piracy protection in XP and Office. They are simply trying to prevent illegal trafficking of their products. I say, "Go USA!"

    The fools that bash piracy prevention are the same reason piracy prevention had to be enacted in the first place.

  5. You can't kick Canada's ass by Togo_Frumblefoot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    haha crazy yankee

    --
    "where are we going, and why am I in a handbasket"
  6. Re:Double Standard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How to posts like this get modded up? Do the moderators not read the articles? IT IS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED HERE.

  7. Re:uh huh huh huh by adlam.bor · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fuck you you god damned ukraine

  8. Re:Looks like the US... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's too bad our bombs didn't kill your ancestors, you fucking twat. You didn't, you couldn't save yourselves. Look at the French. They had their hands in the air as soon as Hitler showed aggression. The Poles were even worse. It's been thoroughly proven that London was a mere month or two away from falling before the US and Russia put an end to the war. I'll give credit where credit is due, the Russians played a big part in WW2. However, your chicken shit Eurotrash ass did nothing but surrender. Man, Marshall would be rolling over in his grave if he ever found out that his aid to repair Europe fostered the tempers of the shitheads like you who are ungreatful for the very reason you are alive today. I hope the next oven fest fries your jew ass before we get there to bail you out once again.

  9. Re:Uhhh... wait a second... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wrong again you fucking dog eating gook. The only group that can logically conclude that the US isn't the best nation on earth bar none are the socio-commie "world government" groups like the UN. Jesus Christ, the "People for the Revocation of the Death Penalty" headed in Berlin claims that Holland is the best place in the world. Or "Marijuana Monthly" claims Norway is. Who the fuck cares? Anyone with no bias whatsoever cannot conclude otherwise. Take your communist faggot ass elsewhere.

  10. MOD PARENT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He's a fucking troll. Look in his posting history.

  11. Re:Looks like the US... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you really that stupid? The US was fighting its own two front war against the Axis in both the Pacific and the Atlantic. Its incredibly Eurocentric of you to think that Germany was the only enemy. Hell, if anything Japan was our bigger foe for their pussy attack on Pearl Harbor. Thankfully they got what was coming to them. I love watching footage of the two A-Bombs being dropped. I think memories are fading around the world that we are not a country to be fucked with. We need to nuke these Arabs out of existence.

  12. Re:uh huh huh huh by adlam.bor · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fuck you and your jewish mother in the ass with a luke warm rodent