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LulzSec, Anonymous Reason For PROTECT IP Act, Says RIAA

Posted by timothy on from the totally-clutchable-strawman dept.

Dangerous_Minds writes "ZeroPaid is reporting that the RIAA is using the latest activities of hacktivists to bolster its claim that America needs the PROTECT IP Act, the act that would place a layer of censorship on the internet in the U.S."

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  1. I Think It's Time To Hack by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And expose the sordid details of RIAA exec's child prostitution activities on their Thailand "business trips".

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    1. Re:I Think It's Time To Hack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I love the reasoning of why the Protect IP act is being pushed...make using stuff that's already been made against the law to use unless one is using it in accordance with an industry, and THEN people will stop using it because it will be against TWO laws. That'll work. Forget about the collateral damage to law abiding American citizens.

  2. Re:al qaeda by blair1q · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would they target an organization that is helping them towards their goal of making America so unlivable that the people will accept Sharia Law as a lateral move?

  3. Of Course by wsxyz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It makes perfect sense to me, seeing as how it is a known fact that all members of Anonymous and Lulzsec are under the jurisdiction of U.S. Law.

  4. False Flag Reasoning. by allaunjsilverfox2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Obviously anyone here understands that the Protect Act has NOTHING to do with the stupidity that the RIAA is spewing. But let me restate it for those that don't understand. They are using recent events as a False Flag-like excuse. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/False_flag I am not claiming in any way, shape or form that they are responsible for said events. Merely that they are taking advantage of them in this way.

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  5. Stupid works by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So the logic here is the same as it has been for every rights-compromising measure put forth so far this century; "[name of enemy] is going to cause massive amounts of economic/physical/spiritual damage unless [measure] is undertaken immediately. [measure] will of course restrict your rights, but it's all in the name of protecting something greater than you." Of course, that something invariably reduces to somebody else's profit, which is likely already happening at your expense, so why change the status quo now.

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  6. What do you mean "expose"? by IBitOBear · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Their child prostitution is right out there leading their marketing pushes. Check out the "teen seen" music sources and Disney Channel fare. 13 year old girls in bustiers?

    MAFIAA is _proud_ of their rampant selling of child sex and sexuality to the public. That it is more "child porn" than direct prostitution is the only possible argument.

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  7. Re:al qaeda by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why shoot your ally in the battle against liberty?

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    We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
  8. Re:Maybe it's time to tax the Internet. by FunkSoulBrother · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Where do I sign up for my check, I've produced content! ...Oh I see just for the megacorps then is it?