US "the Enemy" Says Dotcom Judge

First time accepted submitter Flere Imsaho writes "During the NetHui Internet conference last week, the NZ judge to hear the Dotcom extradition case was speaking on the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement and how the U.S. entertainment industry is pushing to make region code hacking illegal, when he said 'Under TPP and the American Digital Millennium copyright provisions you will not be able to do that, that will be prohibited ... if you do you will be a criminal — that's what will happen. Even before the 2008 amendments it wasn't criminalized. There are all sorts of ways this whole thing is being ramped up and if I could use Russell [Brown's] tweet from earlier on: we have met the enemy and he is [the] U.S.'"

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And the U.S. law is YOUR law now too

[crazyjj]

And even if your country doesn't have a DMCA (and they WILL soon, if not already), don't think for a second that the U.S. can't extradite you here for punishment anyway, or that your government won't fall to its knees like a trained lapdog when the FBI snaps their fingers and says "Put him on a plane."

The sooner you people accept that the U.S. is large and in-fucking-charge, the easier it will go for all of us.

Re:And the U.S. law is YOUR law now too

[arth1]

Of course they have knees. They're land mammals.

But bees aren't land mammals.

Re:Stop using the word "US"

[JWW]

Whooossshh.

You're totally missing the point. The famous quote is "we have met the enemy and he is us."

That is why it is a snarky (and accurate) turn of phrase to say "we have met the enemy and he is (the) U.S."

Relating to the old quote is meant to give context via the truth of the snarky new stating of it. It gives the statement more weight.

You're literally taking it to literally.... ;-)

Re:one of the most beautiful quotes I know.

[Anonymous Coward]

I hope for your sake that you have the licence to redistribute that quote.

Re:remember that raise you didn't get?

[Anonymous Coward]

Weed is still an American commodity! You'd like to BUY USA? Get a locally made bong and locally grown weed.

Re:remember that raise you didn't get?

[element-o.p.]

Pretty much.

In the early '90s, Chrysler ran a huge "Buy American!" campaign. The radio and TV (at least where I live) was blasted with ads about buying "Made in America" rather than buying imports, and the local Dodge/Chrysler dealer took out a huge full page ad dredging up memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor FIFTY FREAKING YEARS AGO. Shortly afterwards, my dad bought a brand new Dodge Ram Charger (guess the ads worked, sigh...). I looked inside the door, and guess what was stamped in the door frame?



Wait for it...



"Made in MEXICO ."

Well...I guess Mexico IS on the North American continent, so *technically* it wasn't false advertising. But IMHO, it certainly was deceptive.

Friggen' hypocrites