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Obama Backs MPAA, RIAA, and ACTA
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.'"
If the coffee party is non-conservative, why isn't it called the Half-caf-latte-no-whip-mochachino-with-sprinkles party?
Just because the coffee party lacks the BDSM part of the tea-baggers doesn't mean they're "no-whip"!
Look where all this talking got us, baby.
If only Obama really was a "radical leftist." If anything, he's a Republican in disguise.
I'm not sure why this is modded down. The Democratic party in the US is at best moderate-right.
Yup. How's that whole "hope and change" think working out?
I have mod points. The reign of terror begins now.
It's already been modded "Flamebait" twice. :')
Obama is better than that posting indicates. Clearly the key to that message is that he wants to stop foreign entities from pirating works on a commercial scale. His views about American individuals file sharing are probably a horse of anothe color.
Sarah Palin. The only remotely realistic candidate for prez with a history of actually kicking the crap out of corp/gov corruption.
I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy
Your naivette is refreshing, but I would not like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Could you maybe read what he actually said (and if you want to use the word, learn to spell "naïveté", good grief!)?
Can you in any way deny that President Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior? Do you think Bush II was more tech-savvy than Obama? Clinton? Bush I? I very much doubt it.
Dan Aris
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Ah, looks like you're another Intellectual Property anarchist. Quite frankly, I put you into the same category as regular anarchists - also people who don't make any sense. You might be armed with lots of excuses why anarchy is the best system, but it still won't work.
... nobody gets paid except the distributor. Do you ever just stop and think about how crazy your scheme is?
Without IP, that's perfectly okay.
Sounds great. Lets do that.
So
The fact of the matter is that with IP they're not getting paid much anyway
Nice. I like the "let's make stuff up" method of argument.
Basically any funding method would be better for creators, because it's hard to find one that works as bad as IP.
Actually, I'd describe it more as "IP is the worst form of profiting from your work; except for all the others" -- kind of like the old Churchill Democracy quote.
Sounds like you ought to read up on economics a bit.
Ha. You're funny.
If you're wondering why I'm not giving you more serious consideration and response to your idea, it's because your idea is so stunningly bad that it doesn't even warrant a response. It's like arguing with David Icke. You've already established yourself as being so far from reasonable that it's not even worth someone's time to try to use reason with you. Seriously, how did you even get to this level of unreasonableness?