Maybe, introducing an Internet lockdown to repress freedom of speech is what the Greek government needs right now, to stem a mechanism of civil unrest. Maybe they are just using illegal filesharing as the excuse. Hey, call me a conspiracy theorist.
This is someone whose world view only accommodates young people buying products promoted by the RIAA and MPAA - industry representatives who have so utterly destroyed the reputation and brands of the industries they serve that they have alienated their core audience. It doesn't make sense to pay money to these industries because they use their profits to destroy the civil liberties and freedom of speech of all members of society in the furtherance of the business interests of a relatively tiny minority. The change that is on the horizon is that people have realised that they can and should sack any politicians who fail to represent their interests.
I've recently decided I just hate the MPAA. I've decided I'm never going to knowingly pay to see a film again. I'm just going to buy things from industries that don't shit on me. When I buy a Blu-ray and am forced to sit through adverts and am then presented with a legal threat that is just plain rude, why would I pay to enjoy that sort of treatment?
Theoretically the FBI should be really good at creating terrorist plots. They're well informed, well funded and don't suffer the normal constraints that would apply to the general public. They'd have a really good sense of whether their organisation has been infiltrated.
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Realizes He's?
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Goldfinger?
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Exactly
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Re: Slap leather... head for that line of trees...
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Is this like Rumblefish
Are people making software that can get stuff deleted from the Internet as fast as it can be created?
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Surveillance of academic staff email?
And where does all the money go?
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