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First Guilty Verdict In Criminal Copyright Case
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "A Brooklyn man has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement by a federal jury in Virginia. He now faces up to five years in prison, a quarter-million-dollar fine, and three years of parole, not to mention the 'full restitution' he has to make to the RIAA. The charges against him stem from his role as 'Dextro,' the administrator of one of the Apocalypse Production Crew's file servers — APC being one of the release groups that specialize in pre-release music. While he's the 15th member of APC to be charged under the US DOJ's Operation Fastlink, he's the first to be convicted. He will be sentenced on August 8th. For those wondering when infringement became a criminal matter, you can thank the NET Act, which was signed into law in 1997 by Bill Clinton."
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Good news. These people are causing real harm by their actions.. and so I'm glad they'll face an appropriate penalty.
This law was nothing of Bill Clinton's doing, except that he signed it instead of vetoing it (which would have been pointless because... In 1996, Republicans grabbed majority control of both Houses, with veto override power. This bill was introduced as part of their "Contract ON America", where they proceeded to run roughshod over the Constitution and most Americans for the sake of Big Business, which paid their real salaries until sex and greed finally loosened their grip in 2006. HR2265 was sponsored by Representative Goodlatte (Republican-Virginia).
by a handful of greed/fear/ego based corepirate nazi felon philistine crusader execrable. as we all know, george could not have done it alone. see you on the other side of it? let your conscience be yOUR guide. you can be more helpful than you might have imagined. there are still some choices. if they do not suit you, consider the likely results of continuing to follow the corepirate nazi hypenosys story LIEn, whereas anything of relevance is replaced almost instantly with pr ?firm? scriptdead mindphuking propaganda or 'celebrity' trivia 'foam'. meanwhile; don't forget to get a little more oxygen on yOUR brain, & look up in the sky from time to time, starting early in the day. there's lots going on up there.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071229/ap_on_sc/ye_climate_records;_ylt=A0WTcVgednZHP2gB9wms0NUE
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080108/ts_alt_afp/ushealthfrancemortality;_ylt=A9G_RngbRIVHsYAAfCas0NUE
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/opinion/31mon1.html?em&ex=1199336400&en=c4b5414371631707&ei=5087%0A
is it time to get real yet? A LOT of energy is being squandered in attempts to keep US in the dark. in the end (give or take a few 1000 years), the creators will prevail (world without end, etc...), as it has always been. the process of gaining yOUR release from the current hostage situation may not be what you might think it is. butt of course, most of US don't know, or care what a precarious/fatal situation we're in. for example; the insidious attempts by the felonious corepirate nazi execrable to block the suns' light, interfering with a requirement (sunlight) for us to stay healthy/alive. it's likely not good for yOUR health/memories 'else they'd be bragging about it? we're intending for the whoreabully deceptive (they'll do ANYTHING for a bit more monIE/power) felons to give up/fail even further, in attempting to control the 'weather', as well as a # of other things/events.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=video+cloud+spraying
dictator style micro management has never worked (for very long). it's an illness. tie that with life0cidal aggression & softwar gangster style bullying, & what do we have? a greed/fear/ego based recipe for disaster. meanwhile, you can help to stop the bleeding (loss of life & limb);
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/28/vermont.banning.bush.ap/index.html
the bleeding must be stopped before any healing can begin. jailing a couple of corepirate nazi hired goons would send a clear message to the rest of the world from US. any truthful look at the 'scorecard' would reveal that we are a society in decline/deep doo-doo, despite all of the scriptdead pr ?firm? generated drum beating & flag waving propaganda that we are constantly bombarded with. is it time to get real yet? please consider carefully ALL of yOUR other 'options'. the creators will prevail. as it has always been.
corepirate nazi execrable costs outweigh benefits
(Score:-)mynuts won, the king is a fink)
by ourselves on everyday 24/7
as there are no benefits, just more&more death/debt & disruption. fortunately there's an 'army' of light bringers, coming yOUR way. the little ones/innocents must/will be protected. after the big flash, ALL of yOUR imaginary 'borders' may blur a bit? for each of the creators' innocents harmed in any way, there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/us, as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile, will not be available. 'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet, & by your behaviors. help bring an end to unprecedented evile's manifestation through yOUR owned felonious corepirate nazi glowbull warmongering execrable. some of US should consider ourselves somewhat fortunate to be among those scheduled to survive after the big flash/implementation of the creators' wwwildly popular planet/population rescue initiative/mandate. it's right in the manual, 'world without end', etc.... as we all ?know?, change is inevitable, & denying/ignoring gravity, logic, morality, etc..., is only po
So do casinos, astrologists and various legalized Ponzi schemes.
Your point? That foolish people will part with real money in exchange for nothing? That has been going on the "grown-up world" for millenia, ever since the first priest donned his robes.I am not so sure about that. As things are presently, this whole make-believe world of imaginary property is about to receive a rather substantial non-imaginary kick in its balls from the rather material rest of the economy. It will make all the other "bursting economic bubbles" look something out of your soap tray. Hold on to your (imaginary or otherwise) hats, for it is going to be one hell of a ride.
Which is actually our luck, in the long term, because the only way in which the imaginary property can receive "more legal protections .. then the tangible kind" is in a wholly totalitarian state where all information transmissions are inspected for subversive content. I for one will willingly go there.
There we go, mod up the groupthink, mod down the guy who wants to follow the law or might speak well of Microsoft from time to time. The guy who actually pays for things he enjoys. That justifies my sense of equality.
*sighs contentedly*
Ahhh... the world is right again. I was a little worried there when I was getting modded up for being right. The angry nerds have spoken and the nameless mods won the slap fight.
The irony of the juxtaposition you create by hating DRM because you have to pay while at the same time stifling free speech when it's not in your best interest gets me through the day still feeling self-righteous. If only there was some way to get rid of that pesky +1 karma bonus so your mod downs meant something =)
Not my fault you can't come up with a better argument than "I have a funny shirt," failing to say that you own the copyright for the shirt, you created it, or really anything other than you wearing said shirt. Don't get mad at me if you can't express yourself properly to make whatever point you're trying to make.
*chuckles*
Enjoy your stolen music, movies, and software. Just remember, you're not depriving anyone of anything. Everyone who has more money than you doesn't need any more. Gates is evil *waves hands around and makes "oooooh" sounds* RIAA is evil *continues the hands thing* Fair Use applies to the digital world the same way the AK47s are covered by "A well regulated militia... right to bear Arms"
People have made up their minds anyway. You think you or I are actually going to change anyone's opinions or habits? Are you new here (you got to use ad hominem and "unless you think my way you are dumb", so I gotta help). I'm just trolling, what's your excuse? =) I could give two shits what the sheeple think of me, as long as at least one got a small chuckle or head nod out of it, I'd consider that a successful post.
On a sidenote that year the entertainment founds where $1,048,341 to democrats and $1,140,021 to repubblicans, maybe this is not counting the money given directly as founding for Hillary's governor campain, which I think was around 2000.
Politically correct note: Mr Barak Obama Hussein has taken for sure less money given the lesser time he's runnin in politics
Just a note: What's up with this guy anyway? Could'nt democrats find a candidate with a less intimidating name? This one has a mix of Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein . I can't imagine even in a movie a character with this name
Useless stunt: What about a new terrorist threat under the name Basak? I mean don't tell me 2 out of three is a coincidence, this is obviously a marketing plot laid to subliminally promote this candidate.