Governments would love to get rid of the tool that gives a voice to the ordinary pleb on the street. This is why they keep bending to the will of the entertainment industries and their censorship requests. It has nothing to do with piracy and everything to do with controlling the flow of information.
Trouble is, though, that is such a small slice of the overall electorate. Middle England are the ones who matter in an election and they are the ones who care least about what the Pirate Party stand for. They are to busy moaning about immigration and benefits to even notice that our rights and freedoms are being eroded. PPUK just can't get any traction.
It won't happen in the UK because the mainstream parties and puppet media will just keep them out of leader debates so they do not have the same platform to be heard. It is happening already with UKIP and the Greens.
Ironically, with UKIP, they are expending so much time and expense to discredit them when the fastest way to do so is to put Farange in a debate with other leaders. That, however, is a debate for another time and place.
Culture was created, shared, enjoyed and adapted in a beautiful cycle for millennia before copyright came along. This 'permission culture' is a 20th century concept and it is bad for culture, bad for society and bad for economies.
We need to dial back on this intellectual property bullshit before it is too late.
The US government motto, ladies and gentlemen. They are very fond of dictating how every other government how to operate while doing the complete opposite themselves.
Biggest terror organisation in the world = US government
World economy in the toilet.
People in developed nations (never mind undeveloped) using food banks to feed their families.
Individual freedoms and privacy being eroded a little more every day.
Overpopulation of the world.
Resources becoming more and more scarce.
Corporate and individual tax avoidance rife everywhere.
And this moron is focusing on piracy of one TV show? Take your head out of your arse and tackle the real issues facing the world.
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that's right YOU DO.. "
Funny I have never paid a penny for such advertising. In fact, thanks to a little thing called Adblock plus I do not even see such advertising.
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On the post: What New-Style Trade Agreements Are Really About (Hint: It's Not Trade)
Re: No, this was a fairy tale:
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On the post: Ridiculous: Short-Sighted, Anonymous Hollywood Exec Flips Out Over Using BitTorrent For Promotions
Copyright people love the car analogy so here goes. You would never blame Ford if someone driving their car killed someone while driving recklessly.
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On the post: Governments Ramp Up Attempts To Censor Content Via Google
Re: Just Google for "propaganda" and it'll recurse infinitely!
On the post: Pirate Party Elected To Parliament In Iceland, First Pirate Party Victory In National Parliament
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On the post: Google's Attempt To Bully Microsoft Back With Patents Not Going Too Well
It is so hard to feel sympathy for any company having difficulty with patents when they, themselves, have exploited the patent system.
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Ironically, with UKIP, they are expending so much time and expense to discredit them when the fastest way to do so is to put Farange in a debate with other leaders. That, however, is a debate for another time and place.
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We need to dial back on this intellectual property bullshit before it is too late.
On the post: McAfee Patents System To 'Detect And Prevent Illegal Consumption Of Content On The Internet'
Why would anyone believe that a system promising what this one promises would be effective when created by McAfee?
For God's sake, the free security software is better than McAfee.
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Re: Re: That's FINE! But an entire recent movie isn't fair use.
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The company I work for would not be able to operate as effectively, that's for sure.
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The US government motto, ladies and gentlemen. They are very fond of dictating how every other government how to operate while doing the complete opposite themselves.
Biggest terror organisation in the world = US government
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On the post: U.S. Ambassador To Australia Takes On #1 Issue Of The Day: Game Of Thrones Piracy
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Used CDs and Vinyl
Used books
Really they piss and moan about anything used
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People in developed nations (never mind undeveloped) using food banks to feed their families.
Individual freedoms and privacy being eroded a little more every day.
Overpopulation of the world.
Resources becoming more and more scarce.
Corporate and individual tax avoidance rife everywhere.
And this moron is focusing on piracy of one TV show? Take your head out of your arse and tackle the real issues facing the world.
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Re: Orwell said so...
Erm. what?
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