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Congressman burns Google over anti-piracy act opposition
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article published on 2 December, 2011
SOPA would threaten Internet freedom? - "Blatantly false", says lawmaker.
Lamar S. Smith, U.S. Representative for Texas's 21st congressional district, has come to the defense of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which has faced considerable opposition from some of the world's largest tech firms, and pretty much every consumer / digital rights group.
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2. December 2011 @ 04:36 |
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"Dedicated" can be taken in many ways, and it will be taken to extremes just like everything the government does.
They already have the ability to do what this guy claims to want to do; so obviously they want to go farther than that.
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2. December 2011 @ 05:20 |
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The irony of US politicos (who legalized the bribing of themselves by the use of PACs) lecturing others is risible.
If these people were serious about crime and criminal acts they would turn themselves in.
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2. December 2011 @ 05:31 |
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Google recently paid half a billion dollars to settle a criminal case because of the search-engine giant's active promotion of rogue foreign pharmacies that sold counterfeit and illegal drugs to U.S. patients.
This quote alone raises a red flag that SOPA oversteps its bounds. What counterfeit drugs have to do with Copyright Infringement is anyone's guess. That's a matter for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), not Copyright lawyers. ...unless you've already planned out that you'll be using this law to prosecute multitudes of unrelated cases.
Yikes.
When laws allow unlimited ownership of ideas, it is to a society as iron fusion is to the core of a star.
When verified realities lead us to anger, we must learn to reevaluate our beliefs.
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2. December 2011 @ 10:36 |
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SOPA is a blatant attempt to censor the 'Net. It effectively repeals the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 2000, which is bad enough, and replaces it with many more "guilty until proven innocent" powers for the media lawyers. I don't like being guilty until proven innocent.
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2. December 2011 @ 11:17 |
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Read the book 1984. If we allow our governments to keep going in the way they are we will be living in a world similar to the one Winston Smith lived in.
Being in political office is a privilage but many treat it as a career, this needs to change, and soon.
The president only gets to serve 2 4-year terms, that's it. Why do we not have similar rules for all other political offices. Mind boggling.
Sorry it was a bit off topic but I am sick of seeing all these politicians lately banning this or trying that and then there are the recall elections that are going on. Too much politics lately.
There the soap box is put away.
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2. December 2011 @ 11:35 |
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Mr. Smith (funny how this already seems be the case, don't you think?) is an idiot already as Google owns/owned Youtube to begin with, which was one of his arguing points.
The very profiteering markets he seems to be defending are also the very corporations that never seem to pay their fare share & dodge everything else congress wants to know about their shady dealings, but when it comes to bleeding the public dry for more money or losing more money/control over property that wasn't really their's in the first place... well, throw a few hundred grand (or more, price is usually no object at this point) at your favorite hypocrite politician & they're off & running at the mouth.
Does the politician care if he/she sells your rights away? Not at all. They're under the delusion that they can buy their rights back from our conquerors because they are of a better stock or class than the rest of us plebes.
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2. December 2011 @ 16:50 |
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Originally posted by LordRuss:
Mr. Smith (funny how this already seems be the case, don't you think?) is an idiot already as Google owns/owned Youtube to begin with, which was one of his arguing points.
The very profiteering markets he seems to be defending are also the very corporations that never seem to pay their fare share & dodge everything else congress wants to know about their shady dealings, but when it comes to bleeding the public dry for more money or losing more money/control over property that wasn't really their's in the first place... well, throw a few hundred grand (or more, price is usually no object at this point) at your favorite hypocrite politician & they're off & running at the mouth.
Does the politician care if he/she sells your rights away? Not at all. They're under the delusion that they can buy their rights back from our conquerors because they are of a better stock or class than the rest of us plebes.
I couldn't agree more Russ. The corruption, entitlement, and hypocrisy of these "politicians" has gone too far.
I'd also like to see where he came up with this 100 billion loss for our most profitable companies statement. That's a figure he obviously just pulled out of his a$$. It's nice to know how concerned they all are about corporate profits, and how little concern is left for the average citizen. Too bad the average citizen hasn't clued into the fact that whenever they want to strip away rights or freedoms, they just have to associate terrorism, and now child pornography with it.
Corporations run the country and unfortunately it will get worse before it gets better. There is only one thing that can change it.
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2. December 2011 @ 18:13 |
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Some more! Do you think health care would pass if congress people would be included???
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2. December 2011 @ 23:33 |
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Welcome to the modern USA, where Napoleonic law is on its way to becoming the norm. For those who don't understand - under Napoleonic law you are guilty until you can prove your innocence.
Personally, I wouldn't want anybody coming after my dead cat because the riaa/mpaa/whoever-the-hell suspect he was illegally downloading/sharing protected files.
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3. December 2011 @ 15:56 |
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The governments in the world these days only do what benefits them, not us. If they want to take our rights and freedoms away from us, believe me they will find a way. Occupy protesters are a good example of this. They get sick and tired of the crap that the government of the proud U S of A takes away from us, and frankly I have to agree with them, but it's gonna take a lot more than a handful of protesters to get things done. It;'s gonna take all of us combined to change things which sadly, most of the population seems to don't care at all. Just my 2 cents on the topic.
Chance prepares the favored mind. Look up once in a while and you might learn something. - BLUEBOY
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3. December 2011 @ 18:28 |
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Originally posted by blueboy09:
...most of the population seems to don't care at all.
I don't necessarily think it's a lack of caring, but a grand dose of ignorance & a huge enema of not knowing who or how to get the job done. The whole thing smacks of a complete 'top down' revolution. I.e., clean house. We already know virtually every one of the senate 7 congress is guilty of insider trading & cronyism, so stick them in jail & start fresh with brand new folks in place of the politicians.
I say use the lottery system. Kind of like jury duty or the draft. You get sequestered away from family & friends until you do the job right & you don't go home until you do. Once you're done, the next poor bastard steps up. That way corporations HAVE to play the capitalism game like it was intended.
Hows that for a solution? At least it's one solution, just possibly not popular.
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4. December 2011 @ 22:08 |
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Originally posted by Budrow:
Lamar Smith is a prostitute, clear and simple. He didn't write the bill, he knows virtually nothing about the intricacies or the ramifications and he cares not. Check his list of campaign contributors. His bribe for this bill was right at 79K from the poor widdle movie/music/entertainment conglomerates.
Why spend a million on a commercial when you can buy a politician for less than one hundred grand? Make them buy it whether they f*cking like it or not.
If your fish seems sick, put it back in the water.
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5. March 2012 @ 01:10 |
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Originally posted by dfwpilot:
Some more! Do you think health care would pass if congress people would be included???
What they should do is make the Congress dip from the same trough as other citizens. Social Security would not be on the verge of bankruptcy, and medical coverage would be affordable, and everyone would have it. And they might even manage to balance the budget. But until they have their *own* skin in the game, I don't see that happening in the foreseeable future.
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