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U.S. Penalizes Ukraine for Abetting 'Piracy'

Posted by michael on from the communists-a-little-too-free-for-us dept.

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. More bad logic by gfxguy · · Score: 2, Redundant

    So your argument is that no one else in the U.S. government, besides military personel, should do their jobs until "the war on terror" is over?

    That's ridicules! So the police should stop chasing thieves and rapists until all the murderers are caught? Every one that needs to be doing something about the war is doing it, all the rest have their jobs to do, too.

    I don't agree with this policy, but I don't like using the terrorist attack to be a scape-goat for everything else, either.

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    Stupid sexy Flanders.