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U.S. Declares War on Intellectual Property Theft
bblazer writes "Reuters is running a story about a new US effort to stop intellectual property theft. From the article "The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday outlined what it called its most sweeping crackdown on bootleg DVDs, fake designer goods, illegal music downloads and counterfeit drugs." It also goes on to say that media (movies and music) is highly affected, but so are products like batteries, baby food and Viagra."
I can't tell you how many.... problems... I've had with my imitation Viagra. Luckily, my imitation woman is still holding up pretty good.
DVDs: eh.
Designer Clothes: made by sweatshops anyway. Who cares?
Viagra: DON'T YOU FUCKING TOUCH MY VIAGRA!! DEATH PENALTY FOR COPIES!
The Recording Industry Association of America welcomed the report. RIAA chairman Mitch Bainwol said the "commitment of focus, energy and resources outlined in this report is music to our ears."
FWEEET! Up against the wall! - did you pay for that song you're playing in your head?
Yeah? Well I think you're overrated too.
And oh, I was wrong about the figures.
He said the Motion Picture Association of America estimates that 2.6 billion songs, movies and software programs are illegally distributed over the Internet every month.
Hah! I'm sure that puts it at a much higher number than what I put up there.
Hmm, cost of 2.6 billion movie downloads? $260 billion
Cost of 1 nuke? $50 billion
Watching the US Nuke a country for RIAA? Priceless!
Don't seem to be waging a war on war at the moment...
"War on Intellectual Property Theft: Criminal raided, found hiding in the basement of an american family."
Maybe in a few years, prisons will be even more overcrowed...
"What're ya' in for?"
"Downloading Britney, you?"
"N'Sync"
What a joke.
Curb CO2 emissions: Kill yourself today!
I am writing this letter in the hope that you can take affermative action against my local drug dealer.
He has been selling counterfeit drugs for the last few months. The quality of his wares have been steadily dropping now, and I demand action.
When I go out onto the street, I can reasonably expect to purchase high quality original drugs.
Sincerely,
A. Concerned Addict.
liqbase
Allegedly real newspaper headline from 1998:
Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge
And I want my free drugs now!
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Polland. Don't forget Polland.
Star Pirates
A downloader is not a soldier.
My question:
- Is Guantanamo big enough?
- Is the prision personal allowed to use torture in the interrogation?
- Will there be contracts for Halliburton?
- Will american soldiers die in this war?
Grundgesetz * 23. Mai 1949 - 30. November 2007 - http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/
So, if you think the U.S. is screwed up, I have a suggestion: Leave the country. Move to somewhere else that you are happier with. Move to Iceland where there are girls behind every tree.
And I thought the Government offered free fake drugs in their war on drugs campain. ?-(
Beware, They are amongst us!!!
"BSD: Free as in speech. Linux: Free as in beer. Windows 10: Free as in herpes." --Man On Pink Corner in #52607549.
How about choosing a solution somewhere BETWEEN "waging war" or "let the bad guys run rampant"? You know, not black, not white, but gray.
Hmm... You have to condense your message into a ten second soundbyte. And, you have to clearly identify whether you are for us or against us. Otherwise, people will not understand you and your "likeability" may not be much!
S
Dear RIAA, MPAA
The world has changed. Move On. Stop trying to recoup the costs of creation and promotion by building it into the cost of creation. Find some other way to profit from the works of others, for the method you are using now is nearing the end of its usefulness. You can sue every single person that copies a movie or song over the net, but how can you sue those that do not use the net as their means of transport? As large hardisks become more plentiful, your battle becomes harder. And this is a battle you will ultimately lose - the more you fight, the more costly it will become. For the people you are fighting are your reason for exisiting. If you put them in jail, take all of their savings, or alienate them, you might as well disappear - for they will never purchase your products again.
Welcome to the new world.
(I was only an egg, but then I cracked)
I can't stand to lose any more of my intellect.
If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
The War on Terror. Yep that's working: so far two countried fucked up
HOW DARE THEY remove Uncle Saddam's Utopia and the Uncle Osama's paradise and replace them with eeevil capatalistic and prosperous liberal democracies! They've ruin those countries just like they ruined Japan, Germany and South Korea (luckily Uncle Kim's Eden has thus far survived).
FUCKING TERRORISTS!
How about a war on declaring war on things?
You mean the top 40?
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When the fake viagra fails to work you can buy your girlfriend some fake duracells.
... ever stop to declare wars ?
Votez ecolo : Chiez dans l'urne !
...and Skull and Bones...oh sorry...you already mentioned the US government.
Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley
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>>(including our prezodent, so the rumours go)
I agree with your side of the argument, but you really didn't help it by mentioning that case study of the effects of drugs.
Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley
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So what your'e saying is it was no worse than an election in Chicago ?
So what your'e saying is it was no worse than an election in Chicago ?
To put it another way, it was slightly better than a Florida election.
"We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"
Might as well elect a king of the world, and go out on a rampant, imperialistic conquest, eh?
I mean, is this a popularity contest or what? I say nuke everyone that isn't the US! We are the only ones that matter anyway. I can't understand why anyone would not like us!