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Copyright Alliance Presses Presidential Candidates
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Not satisfied with the current copyright terms of life plus seventy years and huge financial liabilities for infringement, the Copyright Alliance is pressuring presidential candidates for stronger copyright laws. In particular, they want the candidates to promise to divert police resources to punish even non-commercial copyright infringement. After all, without copyright, what would become of the next Shakespeare, Michaelangelo, or da Vinci?"
Aww, did someone piss in your cheerios on here? Is that why you insist on being a coward when you harass people? Or are you just another MAFIAA shill?
"Slapping lipstick on a pig does NOT make it Natalie Portman. Paris Hilton, maybe, but not Portman." - UncleTogie
They just want the Clintons and Republicrats to renew their vows of high fidelity.
bloc in order to and JulieT 40,000 raise or lower the
Aww, did someone piss in your cheerios in the music business? Is that why you insist on being a coward when you steal music? Or are you just another whiny trust-fund faggot who thinks they deserve everything for free?
The rest of us just want to pay a fair price, which basically means premium price for new/popular stuff, and a lot less for everything else. You know, how the market works.
I'm sorry, was that your argument? Dear me, it appears to have died in a heap. Wow, Led Zeppelin for a fiver a pop. Boy am I angry that I got mine for seven quid a pop. Oh look, are those albums from less than a year ago? My god, I think they are!
And before you say: no, allofmp3's prices were not fair prices. Not in the slightest.
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Great, more generalizations. Back those assertions up or fuck off. You're not adding anything to this debate.
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!