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UK Consumers To Pay For Online Piracy
Wowsers writes "An article in The Times states that UK consumers will be hit with an estimated £500m ($800m US) bill to tackle online piracy. The record and film industries have managed to convince the government to get consumers to pay for their perceived losses. Meanwhile they have refused to move with the times, and change their business models. Other businesses have adapted and been successful, but the film and record industries refuse to do so. Surely they should not add another stealth tax to all consumers."
I know that you're a USian
Hey moron: There's two countries in the Americas with "United States" in their name. In fact, they share a border. The northern one, the United States of America, is generally called "America" to avoid confusion with the other one. The southern one, the United Mexican States, is generally called "Mexico" for the same reason.
The reason calling citizens of the northern one Americans doesn't really confuse people is that continents haven't historically had governing structures, (and North America doesn't have one now) so the concept of "a citizen of $CONTINENT" is meaningless.
But you knew all that already, and are just a dick on the internet. I hope that's what they deported you to Australia for.
The trick to seeing if you're an idiot or not is if you can say the same thing about your given political ideals or religion and keep a straight face.Let's try it.
"First they came for the republicans, and I did not speak out—because I was not a republican;
Nothing wrong with that one =)"
Still on the same page? Let's go again.
"First they came for the christians, and I did not speak out—because I was not a christian;
Nothing wrong with that one =)"
Do you agree with either or both of the above versions of your post? If not, you're an idiot. If so, you're just an asshole.