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MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns
An anonymous reader writes "The EFF has gone into detail about why it opposes 'The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act,' or COICA. It has the potential to give the Department of Justice the power to shut down any domestic website, or block any foreign website it so chooses, setting the stage for Internet censorship in the United States. Addressing the free speech concerns, MPAA chief Bob Pisano dismissed the First Amendment issues, saying '...the First Amendment was not intended as a shield for those who steal, irrespective of the means.'"
His name is Pisano? Next I will hear his middle name is Guido. The MPAA is like the MAFIA jokes are starting to look rather realistic.
I'm sure glad the MPAA is here to tell me what the Founding Fathers intended!
Where's my "Scroll of Resurrect the Founding Fathers" when I need it? Actually, it is the role of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to decide what the Founding Fathers intended. Although, it would be interesting to see what Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson would think about Bob Pisano's opinions.
Jefferson: "This dick-brained piece of shit is trying to wield power using our Constitution!?!"
Franklin: "Dude, we must have like totally fucked up when writing that bastard."
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Well, holy shit. My teachers were wrong, there ARE stupid questions.
My physics teacher had a slight modification that I much prefer:
There are no stupid questions, only stupid people.
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
"We're DOOOOOoooooooooooooomed!"
Oh man, don't take me back to that topic. I'm going to be doomed to 0-start posts and negative karma for life...
I think you meant scholar. If you're going to poke at someone's credibility, you might want to spell-check before hitting "submit". Also, refresh your grammar skills, specifically the part about what constitutes a pronoun that needs to be capitalized (hint: constitutional, ammendment, and congress aren't pronouns).
We have a turd in the punchbowl. I repeat: Turd in the punchbowl.
Wrong.
And copyright infringement is about reproduction and distribution for profit.
You can lead a man with reason but you can't make him think.
Would you please not call them "bloodsucking leeches". Leeches are actually very useful, unlike the *AA.
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Would you please not call them "bloodsucking leeches". Leeches are actually very useful, unlike the *AA. _
Well, I mean no disrespect to the much, and often unfairly-maligned leech, but the comparison serves to elucidate the parasitic, nay, vampiric nature of these organizations.
I suppose I could call them "bloodsucking fruitbats" instead, but then all the "friends of the fruitbat" would come out and pitchfork me.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Stick with vampires. Twilight vampires. No one (worth listening to) will complain about comparing the RIAA and MPAA to Twilight vampires.
Heroscape, it's like legos combined with anachronistic wargames.