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RIAA chief: ISPs to start policing copyright by July 12

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TaoPhoenix:
Oh, you're right in concept, they shouldn't get all that, but they do ... there's the whole thing that come July 2012 the ISP's will get a new level of tracking etc...

Renegade:
Laws that don't exist yet, don't exist. Only the law that currently exists, applies.

The RIAA, MPAA, and ISPs should not get to act like laws they wish existed actually exist, and the ones they don't like, don't exist. It doesn't work like that, or at least it shouldn't.
-app103 (March 17, 2012, 02:02 PM)
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Oh, you're right in concept, they shouldn't get all that, but they do ...
-TaoPhoenix (March 17, 2012, 04:32 PM)
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I'm going to meander a bit, but there is a point here that I'd like to address.

Ever notice how on the news you hear about "corruption" everywhere in the world except for the West? There's a reason for that.

Corruption works differently elsewhere, and is much less sophisticated.

While you constantly hear about some official in Asia being charged with corruption, it's rare in the US because because they have oh, so many ways around it...

What you often see is corporate thug appointments to government departments, e.g. the FDA or USDA. This allows the corporations to plant their people in the bureaucracy and create the laws/regulations that they want.

Conversely, those in federal institutions that play nicely with the corporate thugs get nice cushy appointments as senior executives with big salaries and bonuses.

The corruption is indirect, but everyone gets their pound of flesh, and no charges are ever laid, because "conflict of interest" isn't a crime. :(

Well, let's pull this back to the media mafia... They don't have any such federal organizations that they can infiltrate like that, so for them, this is very frustrating.

Other sectors get to rape and pillage all they want, but the media mafia is sort of left out in the cold with no real venue to infiltrate, other than bribing politicians, which isn't really all that effective. It's better to have a "man on the inside", like the pharma and bio companies get to do.


So, once this is framed as "frustration due to a lack of possibility for strong corruption", wouldn't it make sense for the media mafia to try and "stretch" any law they can to fit their purposes? Like really... They're not being given a lot to work with here... They've got a tough job compared to some other sectors that get to rape and pillage at will.

Renegade:
Here's a take on the deal from the AP:

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/03/internet-service-providers-to-launch.html

Internet service providers (ISPs) across the United States are set to voluntarily begin a digital surveillance operation so large that nothing can even come close in the history of espionage.

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40hz:


General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
===========STRIKE===========
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.
General Strike. Starve the media industries to death.


(Before it's too late.)
:'(

nosh:
Star Wars flashback! :D

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