This is such a great idea. There's no better way to show how controlling and damaging the copyright cartels are than to showcase actual artists who will be better off giving their away their work for free than going through the RIAA/MPAA wringer.
It never got the needed signature (from Congress) in the first place. It's like a forged check. There's a signature on the document, but it isn't the legally required one, and the whole document is null and void.
Why is it okay to unilaterally pull out of treaties such as SALT (Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty), but any trade treaties are sacrosanct?
Besides, if the US can use arm-twisting to get the countries to enter into the treaties in the first place, surely it can do the reverse if it truly wanted to.
I'm pretty sure the White House will just say they don't comment on enforcement actions as a matter of principle. Kind of like the standard 'No comment' response by PR staff.
He operated a pretty sizable corporation. I don't see how a bunch of luxury goods is any sort of evidence of wrongdoing (other than CEOs and businesspeople getting overcompensated in general).
The ESA represents only large software corporations, just like the MPAA represents only large film studios.
Considering that censorship and hefty regulations typically hit smaller competitors and upstarts the hardest, I'm pretty sure they'd still be supporting it if it weren't so toxic.
What I find more disgusting than Dodd's words are that I doubt he'll ever face jail time even though he has now publicly admitted to bribery and blackmail on a large scale and doesn't even bother faking to show remorse.
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Shifting Standards
Besides, if the US can use arm-twisting to get the countries to enter into the treaties in the first place, surely it can do the reverse if it truly wanted to.
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Considering that censorship and hefty regulations typically hit smaller competitors and upstarts the hardest, I'm pretty sure they'd still be supporting it if it weren't so toxic.
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Disgusting
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