Luckily the government is doing something that isnt for corporate interests and Bush campaign donors. I wonder which public servant is going to be asked for a resignation tommorrow?
"Only one thing is impossible for God: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet . . . Whenever a copyright law is to be made or altered, then the idiots assemble."
-- Mark Twain
Luckily city and state governments don't normally read/. nor do they ever catch onto new trends. So I dont think we have to worry about massive sales taxes on the Internet starting at 12:01 Saturday.
It's really sad to see a country actively rescrict access to information on the web. The Internet is supposed to be a forum for the exchange of ideas not the exchange of government approved propaganda. I guess politicians fear what they cannot control and 'give to the people.'
Well I can understand the idea of protecting IP in most casts by 97 Trillion dollars is completely unreasonable and unrealistic. That is greater the the US Annual GDP! The court hearing the case shoulod throw it out simply because the RIAA is using a sledgehammer to stop a cricket from chirpping...
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Luckily the government is doing something that isnt for corporate interests and Bush campaign donors. I wonder which public servant is going to be asked for a resignation tommorrow? "Only one thing is impossible for God: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet . . . Whenever a copyright law is to be made or altered, then the idiots assemble." -- Mark Twain
Luckily city and state governments don't normally read /. nor do they ever catch onto new trends. So I dont think we have to worry about massive sales taxes on the Internet starting at 12:01 Saturday.
It looks like no one can leave a good thing alone for long. Do any of the majors actually want Linux to win?
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Well I can understand the idea of protecting IP in most casts by 97 Trillion dollars is completely unreasonable and unrealistic. That is greater the the US Annual GDP! The court hearing the case shoulod throw it out simply because the RIAA is using a sledgehammer to stop a cricket from chirpping...
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