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RIAA, MPAA Ask High Court To Review P2P Decision

Posted by timothy on from the how-totally-amazing dept.

The Hobo writes "It's official: Hollywood studios and record companies on Friday asked the United States Supreme Court to overturn a controversial series of recent court decisions that have kept file-swapping software legal." (Previous /. coverage here.)

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  1. UR WEBLOG IS BORKEN OLOLOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  2. You pay more in taxes than Kerry_Heinz by CreamOfWheat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Middle Class Said To Pay Higher Tax Rate Than Heinz Kerry And Kerry Mon Oct 11 2004 10:22:17 ET Stephen Moore, president of the Club for Growth, writes in the WALL STREET JOURNAL on Monday: "According to the Kerrys' own tax records, and they have not released all of them, the couple had a combined income of $6.8 million in income last year and paid $725,000 in income taxes. That means their effective tax rate was a whopping 12.8%.... "Under the current tax system the middle class pays far more than the Kerry tax rate. In fact, the average federal tax rate -- combined payroll and income tax -- for a middle-class family is closer to 20% or more. George W. and Laura Bush, who had an income one- tenth of the Kerrys', paid a tax rate of 30%. ... "Here is the man who finds clever ways to reduce his own tax liability while voting for higher taxes on the middle class dozens of times in his Senate career. He even voted against the Bush tax cut that saves each middle-class family about $1,000." The Kerrys "have unwittingly made the case for what George W. Bush says he wants to do: radically simplify and flatten out the tax code. ... So before John Kerry is given the opportunity to raise taxes again on American workers, shouldn't he and Teresa at least pay their fair share?"

  3. Oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They are trying to take away my porno!

  4. Call it STEALING, not swapping. by Anton+Anatopopov · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    If I walk up to you in the street and take your wallet containing $200 and go and spend it on drugs and hookers, thats THEFT not "sharing". I STOLE your wallet and its contents, I didn't "share" it.

    Why is it that you open source zealots cannot see the fundamental moral bankruptcy of your position with respect to IP theft? Attempting to disguise your crime by renaming it "sharing" is simply dishonest.

    Theft is theft whether it be money or music that you are stealing. Theives should be punished. Simple as that.

  5. Is it legal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'll make it legal. - Chancellor Palpatine.