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Predicting The End Of Digital Copying
prostoalex writes: "Christian Science Monitor warns about approaching era of digital prohibition. With FCC requiring the use of copy prevention mechanisms in future generations of television sets, soon 'Americans may not be able to copy a song off a CD, watch a recorded DVD at a friend's house, or store a copy of a television show for more than a day'. Of course, no article on this topic can go without a mandatory quote from Jack Valenti, who points out: 'It is not legal to make a copy of a DVD now. Everything people are doing legally today, they'll be able to do legally tomorrow'."
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
Jews control the media. It's a known fact that they want control over everyone who isnt a Jew. Best place for them to start is in our own living rooms...
God help us all (who arent Jewish that is).
Know your enemy. Study this list of Jews trying to destroy your freedom:
- Rosen
- Coble
- Berman
- Eisner
- Redstone
The Jews never create anything. They are the parasites who wedge themselves between the producer and the consumer. The Jew takes a slice of every pie that passes by. What the Jew hates is that the Internet is cutting him off from his host. The artists can now distribute directly to their fans. The Internet has made the Jew irrelevant. So the Jew tries to buy the politician to do his bidding. The Jew tries to get bought politicians to pass bogus regulations in order to maintain Jew hegemony over the consumer.Listen and learn about the Jew in this mp3.
Learn the Truth about the Jew
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Sorry, but I'm not interested in maintaining the RIAAs bottom line. If they can't find a real way to make money in the digital age then they should get another job just like everyone else...
Oh you are the worst kind of elitist. Producing movies, music, video games, and other digital products is a perfectly legitimate industry that employs millions of people. No, they shouldn't collect money from a hidden tax; they shouldn't have to. The intellectuals on
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How to rationalize theft.
The problem with 'fair use' is simply that the 'honor system' of 'no I won't give away copies to friends, promise' just flat out doesn't work, at least not for a good third of consumers. Anyone who says otherwise is just practicing political postering. For example, say a grocery store operated on some communal good-will principle, where you go in and pick up what you want and leave the money at the counter as you go out with no checking of items at all. That store would lose money and go broke in a weeks for all the people who would fail to pay for the goods they take. Those who weep and wail about loss of 'fair use' are paying the price of those who hand out copies willy-nilly. The true 'fair use' advocates should go beat up on the real pirates, if they can find them. Putting copy protection on products is identical to putting anti-theft tags on pocketable good, with mirrors and cameras and pickups by the door to stop shoplifters. It's not the producers or authorities who are slowly eroding your precious freedoms, it's the petty digital criminals, period.
Go ahead, mod it troll. In this crowd it is, but it's quite true and you know it, that's why you're going to lose fair use.
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