Am I seriously the only consumer who has recognized the blatantly obvious reasons for the current state of rampant piracy? SOPA and it's relatives as a solution is more akin to refusing to put doors on houses relying instead on strategically placed security cameras outfitted with Facebook-searching facial recognition software to catch burglars. Audio CD's were invented in 1982, this technology is most likely older than you. DVD's 1995. Instead of expecting taxpayers to protect your assets, it's time protect your own. We the people of the united nations of earth will not give up our freedoms or right of privacy in order to keep manufacturing costs nice and marginal for such an ungodly lucrative industry. Either change distribution mediums, or give it away for free. Most of us are tired of purchasing such perishable disks anyway. Not to mention the profits from new sales of firmware updatable memory card players. I'd way much rather be punished for the naughtiness of a few by being required to buy a new electronic device then to remove the front door to my house and hope my government doesn't walk in, give me a trusting smile, and rape me.
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Am I seriously the only consumer who has recognized the blatantly obvious reasons for the current state of rampant piracy? SOPA and it's relatives as a solution is more akin to refusing to put doors on houses relying instead on strategically placed security cameras outfitted with Facebook-searching facial recognition software to catch burglars. Audio CD's were invented in 1982, this technology is most likely older than you. DVD's 1995. Instead of expecting taxpayers to protect your assets, it's time protect your own. We the people of the united nations of earth will not give up our freedoms or right of privacy in order to keep manufacturing costs nice and marginal for such an ungodly lucrative industry. Either change distribution mediums, or give it away for free. Most of us are tired of purchasing such perishable disks anyway. Not to mention the profits from new sales of firmware updatable memory card players. I'd way much rather be punished for the naughtiness of a few by being required to buy a new electronic device then to remove the front door to my house and hope my government doesn't walk in, give me a trusting smile, and rape me.