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Obama Backs MPAA, RIAA, and ACTA

Posted by timothy on from the four-letter-acronyms dept.

boarder8925 writes "In a move sure to surprise no one, Obama has come out on the side of the MPAA/RIAA and has backed the ACTA: 'We're going to aggressively protect our intellectual property,' Obama said in his speech, 'Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people [...] It is essential to our prosperity and it will only become more so in this century. But it's only a competitive advantage if our companies know that someone else can't just steal that idea and duplicate it with cheaper inputs and labor.'"

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  1. We should all copyright... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... our jobs!

    1. Re:We should all copyright... by mickwd · · Score: 5, Funny

      .....and speeches.

      What he wanted to say was: "Our single greatest asset is the innovation of the American people.....innovation and ingenuity.....ingenuity and innovation. Our TWO greatest assets are the innovation and the ingenuity of the American people.....and their creativity.....our THREE greatest assets are the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people.....and an almost fanatical devotion to Hollywood and the RIAA.....our FOUR.....NO.....AMONGST our assets are such elements as innovation, ingenuity and creativity.....I'll come in again...

      NOBODY expects the ACTA imposition.

  2. It could have been worse... by Third+Position · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...at least he's not a Republican!

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  3. Re:First rebellion by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's time for armed rebellion.

    You mean, we should start to stock ARM netbooks?

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  4. Re:Same song by justsomecomputerguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Step away from the song lyrics. Or there will be... trouble.

  5. Re:Open letter to the United States Government by sonicmerlin · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wish there was a tl;dr mod. Because holy mother of cow milk this was too long.