Penalized? Sounds more like a measure for the common good of the people and for the country. And like so many other things in a country with many socialized programs, some of the people who don't use the programs still pay taxes for them. Just like those that don't drive still pay for road work. And those who are healthy still pay into the health care system. And those who don't have children still pay into the education system. In this case, those who don't use file sharing (a number which is counted in the minority) would be paying into a system that would allow those that do to do so without repercussions.
As for injustice being institutionalized, the ideals to which we hold and by which we determine what is just are artificial social constructs. The people determine what is just and what is not are far as the rule of law is concerned. One need only look at various laws that have been implemented and then later repealed to see this. Prohibition in the US is a prime example that springs to mind. And now here in Canada, there is a proposal for a tax levy that in return would allow Canadians for download music. I don't see anything wrong with this. We're already being taxed on our blank DVDs and CDs.
I'm very proud to live in the Sweden now. Proud of the nation of Pirates! And so you should be! If this keeps up, your country might be able to single-handedly reverse global warming!
We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.
--George Bernard Shaw
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
--Karl Marx
The RIAA certainly seems farcical to me.
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If you got within several feet of him and used the right equipment, you might be able to listen in on everything he's broadcasting!
The right equipment being something like...your ears?
1. Build LHC 2. Create Black Holes 3. Throw in socks 4. ??? 5. Profit!
Penalized? Sounds more like a measure for the common good of the people and for the country. And like so many other things in a country with many socialized programs, some of the people who don't use the programs still pay taxes for them. Just like those that don't drive still pay for road work. And those who are healthy still pay into the health care system. And those who don't have children still pay into the education system. In this case, those who don't use file sharing (a number which is counted in the minority) would be paying into a system that would allow those that do to do so without repercussions. As for injustice being institutionalized, the ideals to which we hold and by which we determine what is just are artificial social constructs. The people determine what is just and what is not are far as the rule of law is concerned. One need only look at various laws that have been implemented and then later repealed to see this. Prohibition in the US is a prime example that springs to mind. And now here in Canada, there is a proposal for a tax levy that in return would allow Canadians for download music. I don't see anything wrong with this. We're already being taxed on our blank DVDs and CDs.
...he says, "This is Unix, I know this!"
"He just just kept saying '09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0' over and over"
...the wasabi spills YOU!
If this were a Soviet mission, they'd use a Hammer and Sickle
and someone will post it to youtube....it'll have an ad tacked onto the front of it
don't you mean "googliath"?
We learn from history that we learn nothing from history. --George Bernard Shaw History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. --Karl Marx The RIAA certainly seems farcical to me.
...I sure hope he ain't a one minute man