Don't forget about all this free-trade stuff with China and other 3rd world countries that allows Walmart to manufacture stuff in China for cheap and sell it here for a huge profit. This replaces well-paying jobs with McJobs.
I'm gonna stop there before I go on ranting. There's an episode of FrontLine that asks "Is Walmart Good for America?" (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/wal mart/)
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Don't forget about all this free-trade stuff with China and other 3rd world countries that allows Walmart to manufacture stuff in China for cheap and sell it here for a huge profit. This replaces well-paying jobs with McJobs. I'm gonna stop there before I go on ranting. There's an episode of FrontLine that asks "Is Walmart Good for America?" (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/wal mart/)
There was an article on cbc.ca last year which talked about a court ruling relating to file sharing in Candad. Here's a quote:
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The ruling stipulates that:
- Downloading a song for personal use is not an infringement.
- Placing a song in an on-line music-sharing directory such as Kazaa is not considered distribution.
[/quote]http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/internet/downloa ding_music.html