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Broadcasters Want Cash For Media Shared At Home
marcellizot writes "What would you say if I told you that there are people out there that want to make sharing your media between devices over a home network illegal? According to Jim Burger, a Washington, D.C attorney who deals with piracy in the broadcasting industry, certain broadcasters want to do just that. Speaking in a recent podcast, Burger remarked that the broadcasting industry is keen to put controls on sharing media between devices even if those devices are on a home network and even if the sharing is strictly for personal use. When pressed as to why broadcasters would want to do this, Burger replied simply 'because they want you to pay for that right.'"
And most people don't NEED to use vehicles that get the low gas mileage that they generally do in the US. It's called lack of foresight.
Boo hoo. Adjusted for inflation, gas is currently cheaper than it was in the 1950s. With the volatile and dwindling nature of oil production, anybody who didn't see the end of freakishly cheap gas prices and act accordingly deserves what they get.
I don't know what to say. I got so upset by this statement that I was going to write a long reply about how this clearly shows how GWB & co can get away with raping nation after nation, but now I'm just speechless. I'm not even sure it's a joke or not.
It's people like you that will make sure that your grandchildren will inherit a ruined desert, but I doubt you care.
When people are so poor they can not even afford to buy food (which you indicated in your post), in the greatest free nation in the world, it's not the price of gasoline that's the problem. Just for your information, here is a short list I just found on Google: http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasp rices/price.html
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