This whole thing really boils down to the American belief that they are somehow superior to the rest of the world, and most of the crap thats going on regarding copyrights is not even about money, its about power and control. The problem with this is the harder they push these countries into towing the line on copyrights the harder the people in these countries will push back. In Canada we implemented a special tax on blank media to make up for supposed "losses" due to piracy. I only hope that the current government manages to destroy the counties economy so we can be rid of yet another imperialist regime a bit earlier. Off topic I would like to say that I have completely lost respect for American citizens for not standing up to their government and just bending over and taking it, as I actually believed that they would never allow it. Guess I was way off on that one, your less free now than ever before in the history of the country, you don't even get to elect your government anymore, and you blindly allow them to disgrace your country in the name of Patriotism and Democracy when in reality you have niether.
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This whole thing really boils down to the American belief that they are somehow superior to the rest of the world, and most of the crap thats going on regarding copyrights is not even about money, its about power and control. The problem with this is the harder they push these countries into towing the line on copyrights the harder the people in these countries will push back. In Canada we implemented a special tax on blank media to make up for supposed "losses" due to piracy. I only hope that the current government manages to destroy the counties economy so we can be rid of yet another imperialist regime a bit earlier. Off topic I would like to say that I have completely lost respect for American citizens for not standing up to their government and just bending over and taking it, as I actually believed that they would never allow it. Guess I was way off on that one, your less free now than ever before in the history of the country, you don't even get to elect your government anymore, and you blindly allow them to disgrace your country in the name of Patriotism and Democracy when in reality you have niether.