 | | Ex-Congressman He's not a congressman anymore, and he works for the industry. Thus, he has the industry's best interests (more profit) at heart. Technically he's just doing his job.
We should be demanding transparency from those who are currently in congress! | |
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 |  newviewEx .. Ex .. ExactlyPremium
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kudos:1 | Re: Ex-Congressman Any of my congress-critters support Dodd in any way, shape or form will be losing my vote forever and I will be actively lobbying my family, friends & acquaintances to follow my lead. | |
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said by newview:Any of my congress-critters support Dodd in any way, shape or form will be losing my vote forever and I will be actively lobbying my family, friends & acquaintances to follow my lead. Same here. When PIPA/SOPA were being "debated", I sent letters to both of my senators via their web sites stating the same (support PIPA = lose my vote). Thankfully, my rep never supported SOPA.
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| said by talz13:He's not a congressman anymore, and he works for the industry. Thus, he has the industry's best interests (more profit) at heart. Technically he's just doing his job.
We should be demanding transparency from those who are currently in congress!
He's a whore straight up. That guy needs to just go away... | |
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Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | Public interest quote:
Dodd is a coward and a DC-insider who only knows how to cut deals, not how to actually respond to the public's best interests.
Frankly, the public's best interest is not Dodd's concern. The MPAA's members and their interests are ultimately Dodd's concerns.
The public's best interest, as well as the best interests of industries in general and corporations specifically, are the concerns of the congresscritters in DC. They are the ones that have to play the balancing game. | |
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kudos:3 | Arrogance of politicans.. While Dodd is a former politician (thankfully), his actions highlights a troubling and major issue that the American people are facing: Arrogance from politicians who only care about their own interests.
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Mount Airy, MD | What's To Teach? Blaming Chris Dodd misses the real point. As long as elected officials continue to sell privileged access to the legislative process, there will always be entities interested in purchasing such access.
SOPA sucks, but the problem lays mainly with the Senators and Representatives who see nothing wrong in taking bribes.
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| Online Piracy is High Tech Shoplifting I compare piracy to stealing. It's like going into a Best Buy/Target/Walmart and taking a CD or DVD, putting it into your pocket or jacket and walking out without paying for it.
Online piracy is the equivalent of high tech shoplifting. There is a reason retailers put CDs and DVDs in those security boxes that have to be taken off at the register.
I think instead of censoring the web, the industry (RIAA & MPAA) should develop better copy protection and digital rights management. | |
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|  elios
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Springfield, MO | um no?
its more like going in to an art store and take a picture of a panting and then putting that picture on your wall
nothing was taken the original is still for sale
and DRM does nothing to stop people and only hurts people that actually pay for it see gaming
you need to read this from the owner of Valve he gets it you dont
»www.escapistmagazine.com/news/vi···-Problem
"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem," | |
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| said by IowaCowboy:I compare piracy to stealing. It's like going into a Best Buy/Target/Walmart and taking a CD or DVD, putting it into your pocket or jacket and walking out without paying for it......
sorry to be blunt about this, but you are an idiot; bits in cyberspace are not like material objects on the shelves of a store.
and most infringing downloaders don't wear eye patches and say "arrrrrhhhh" a lot.
if you are being sarcastic, never mind (sometimes it's hard to tell) | |
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| said by IowaCowboy:I compare piracy to stealing. It's like going into a Best Buy/Target/Walmart and taking a CD or DVD, putting it into your pocket or jacket and walking out without paying for it. I compare receiving legislative bribes to stealing. It's like making promises to an employer so they'll hire you.
Once you're hired, you betray your employer by diverting the company's resources - to enrich yourself and those who pay you to do so.
said by IowaCowboy:Online piracy is the equivalent of high tech shoplifting. There is a reason retailers put CDs and DVDs in those security boxes that have to be taken off at the register. Regulated bribery is the equivalent of organized crime.
There is a reason millions of tax dollars are focused on exposing and jailing (non-regulated) organized criminals.
said by IowaCowboy:I think instead of censoring the web, the industry (RIAA & MPAA) should develop better copy protection and digital rights management. I think instead of censoring the web in response to industry (RIAA & MPAA) bribery, we should develop better methods to expose and jail those who profoundly corrupt the legislative process in the pursuit of enriching their own wealth and power.
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| Re: Online Piracy is High Tech Shoplifting said by Noah Vail:I compare receiving legislative bribes to stealing. It's like making promises to an employer so they'll hire you. Once you're hired, you betray your employer by diverting the company's resources - to enrich yourself and those who pay you to do so. Regulated bribery is the equivalent of organized crime. There is a reason millions of tax dollars are focused on exposing and jailing (non-regulated) organized criminals. You pretty much have described how the UAW works. | |
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| | | said by IowaCowboy:I think instead of censoring the web, the industry (RIAA & MPAA) should develop better copy protection and digital rights management. You are kidding, right? Been there, done that. Most if not all the DRM so far has been defeated. On top of that, some particularly pesky DRM schemes such as the ones that install rootkits/malware on customers' machines have actually driven paying customers to piracy. I tend to agree with those. If I have paid for something, I shouldn't have to prove time and time again that I am a legitimate user. If they are going to treat people like thieves, the people might as well act as such.
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| said by IowaCowboy:I think instead of censoring the web, the industry (RIAA & MPAA) should develop better copy protection and digital rights management. So we should hobble technology to support legacy industries?
Maybe we should put a page limit on printers so that they don't threaten the print industry.
Or what about putting a limit on how much lumber an individual can buy so that they don't threaten the jobs of professional contractors?
I know, the government can make everyone wear breathing helmets to stop them from stealing air! | |
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| KearnstdElf WizardPremium
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Mullica Hill, NJ | I imagine this is being sarcastic because we all know DRM is a destiny unto failure no matter what.
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|  elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
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| said by IowaCowboy:I compare piracy to stealing. It's like going into a Best Buy/Target/Walmart and taking a CD or DVD, putting it into your pocket or jacket and walking out without paying for it.
Online piracy is the equivalent of high tech shoplifting. There is a reason retailers put CDs and DVDs in those security boxes that have to be taken off at the register.
I think instead of censoring the web, the industry (RIAA & MPAA) should develop better copy protection and digital rights management.
5 minutes later it will be cracked. It's a losing battle. Eliminate copy protection, stupid licenses, and bring the prices down to a very reasonable level.
It won't stop piracy, nothing will, but it'll dampen it.
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|  KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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Tulsa, OK | said by IowaCowboy:I compare piracy to stealing. It's like going into a Best Buy/Target/Walmart and taking a CD or DVD,
Yeah, right. In the same way complaining about the Government compares to Terrorism against the Country.
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| said by IowaCowboy:I compare piracy to stealing. It's like going into a Best Buy/Target/Walmart and taking a CD or DVD, putting it into your pocket or jacket and walking out without paying for it.
Online piracy is the equivalent of high tech shoplifting. There is a reason retailers put CDs and DVDs in those security boxes that have to be taken off at the register.
I think instead of censoring the web, the industry (RIAA & MPAA) should develop better copy protection and digital rights management.
Don't know if shill or trolling. | |
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| Re: Election Year said by n2jtx:On the bright side, this is an election year so I doubt any congress-critters, while stupid, are not THAT stupid to bring it up before November. Come January 2013, all bets are off.
It isn't required that congressmen be stupid, just most voters.
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kudos:1 | Learned Nothing, Indeed quote:
Dodd also hasn't learned much about lying and inflating numbers to try and make his point
Precisely. It's what he did then, and what he does now. Ethics are not part of his repertoire, but then what politician is truthful about anything? | |
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|  fuziwuziNot born yesterdayPremium
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Atlanta, GA | Re: Learned Nothing, Indeed Exactly. Once a lying, back-stabbing snake, always a lying, back-stabbing snake. Dodd is a symptom for a disease that desperately needs a cure.
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kudos:2 | ... When will Hollywood learn to bring US (the consumers and users of the Internet) to the table and be part of the solution instead of being the problem ? Until that happens - any bill that Hollywood wants should be DOA, IMO. | |
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| | Reliable source Karl is quoting (FNU) Masnick as his "reliable" source. Chuckle. | |
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| Re: Reliable source said by rdmiller:Karl is quoting (FNU) Masnick as his "reliable" source. Chuckle.
I fail to see the issue what the issue with Mike Masnick is, he has a blog he reports on Copyright from a consumer perspective.
Copyright maximalists quote liberally from Chris Castle's blog (www.musictechpolicy.com) and somehow his perspective on copyright gets passed off as truth all the time.
Chuckles indeed.
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kudos:2 | Re: Reliable source said by El Quintron:I fail to see the issue what the issue with Mike Masnick is, he has a blog he reports on Copyright from a consumer perspective. His bias shows a little in Karl Bode  's quote from Masnick's article.said by Mike Masnick :negotiated in the backrooms with private parties and no participation from the actual stakeholders: the public. The public is only one stakeholder of several, not THE stakeholder. | |
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| Re: Reliable source said by openbox9:said by Mike Masnick :negotiated in the backrooms with private parties and no participation from the actual stakeholders: the public. The public is only one stakeholder of several, not THE stakeholder. Karl's quote said "actual stakeholders".
It was you who said "THE stakeholder".
The folks who create legislation are ethically bound to serve only constituents. Those constituents are actual stakeholders.
A corporation isn't entitled to a stake in legislation.
Purchasing legislative favors from elected officials doesn't alter that.
Even so; corporations continue to confuse their interest in legislation, with a right to have legislation that serves them.
Many voters and legislators are similarly confused.
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kudos:2 | Re: Reliable source Re-read the quoted text from Masnick.
said by Noah Vail:The folks who create legislation are ethically bound to serve only constituents. Those constituents are actual stakeholders.
A corporation isn't entitled to a stake in legislation. Why not? If corporations aren't going to be represented, perhaps they shouldn't pay taxes. Anyway, Congress Critters will do whatever creates/maintains jobs and/or raises revenue in their districts. Enforcing copyrights and minimizing potential loss of revenue based on infringement benefits the economy at large. | |
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kudos:5 | said by Noah Vail:said by openbox9:said by Mike Masnick :negotiated in the backrooms with private parties and no participation from the actual stakeholders: the public. The public is only one stakeholder of several, not THE stakeholder. Karl's quote said "actual stakeholders". It was you who said " THE stakeholder". The folks who create legislation are ethically bound to serve only constituents. Those constituents are actual stakeholders. A corporation isn't entitled to a stake in legislation. Purchasing legislative favors from elected officials doesn't alter that. Even so; corporations continue to confuse their interest in legislation, with a right to have legislation that serves them. Many voters and legislators are similarly confused. The golden rule: money talks in politics like everywhere else. Constituents aren't nearly as important to a politician winning reelection as money is. | |
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We need to start electing Administrators to run the country, and let them hire Faces and Heels to deal with the media. Right now it's the other way around! | |
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| | Dodd? Dildoe Dodd! Put the cash in my pockets and run. You corrupt idiot! | |
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