It seems like just about every other day on slashdot we can read a story about what unimaginable abyss the RIAA or another lobby has unveiled and wants to sink us into.
If noone stops them they will go on and in a few years we will wake end up with electronic skin implants flowing money to them for each and every of our actions (i'm half serious here).
Absolute capitalism is a form of absolutism, and no such thing is good for democracy. So what can we do about it you ask ? Most people feel that someone else must have started to act, and they don't need to engage themselves. This is not the case. You (i, everyone) must remember to our governments that they have been elected at the head of the country by the people, and that they must protect the interrests of the people above all, and not some greedy lobby.
The leaders of these lobbies are mentally ill (proof is plentyful but if you need one more look here : http://www.uncoveror.com/radio.htm ) and must be cured before it is too late.
Whow, I'm french so not directly concerned but this article really freaked me out... Especially the RIAA attempt to prevent a researcher to expose some of his work on cryptology. Wouldn't it be possible to try the RIAA for such blatant attempt to violate the most basic rights of expression and education ?
Of course it's best to keep the people ignorant so that they don't know what they undergo. It's a basi strategy most anti-democratic governments have used over years to prevent their people from revolting; you can't argue with anyone if you don't have sufficient knowlegde about the subject.
I feel sorry for you americans, but i feel sorry for me too, since in the information world boundaries are so thin...
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It seems like just about every other day on slashdot we can read a story about what unimaginable abyss the RIAA or another lobby has unveiled and wants to sink us into.
If noone stops them they will go on and in a few years we will wake end up with electronic skin implants flowing money to them for each and every of our actions (i'm half serious here).
Absolute capitalism is a form of absolutism, and no such thing is good for democracy. So what can we do about it you ask ? Most people feel that someone else must have started to act, and they don't need to engage themselves. This is not the case. You (i, everyone) must remember to our governments that they have been elected at the head of the country by the people, and that they must protect the interrests of the people above all, and not some greedy lobby.
The leaders of these lobbies are mentally ill (proof is plentyful but if you need one more look here : http://www.uncoveror.com/radio.htm ) and must be cured before it is too late.
Whow, I'm french so not directly concerned but this article really freaked me out ... Especially the RIAA attempt to prevent a researcher to expose some of his work on cryptology. Wouldn't it be possible to try the RIAA for such blatant attempt to violate the most basic rights of expression and education ?
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Of course it's best to keep the people ignorant so that they don't know what they undergo. It's a basi strategy most anti-democratic governments have used over years to prevent their people from revolting; you can't argue with anyone if you don't have sufficient knowlegde about the subject.
I feel sorry for you americans, but i feel sorry for me too, since in the information world boundaries are so thin