Braindead

In what may be the idiotic piece of shit I’ve ever read:

Two senators introduce legislation to impose jail time for sharing as little as one file, while the House may consider a bill that would lower the bar to take people to court. Entertainment lobbyists appear to be winning their war against peer-to-peer networks.

So how is this going to help? Throw a large portion of America into jail? o_o Yeah I’m sure the music industry will earn a LOT more money if their potential customers are locked in jails.

“Unfortunately, piracy and pornography could then become the cornerstones of a ‘business model,’” Hatch said in a statement. The illicit activities of file sharers “then generate huge advertising revenues for the architects of piracy.”

That just sounds like the internet in general.

“I commend Senators Patrick Leahy and Orrin Hatch for their vision and leadership in combating the theft of America’s creative works,” said Jack Valenti, MPAA’s chief executive.

“This legislation provides federal prosecutors with the flexibility and discretion to bring copyright infringement cases that best correspond to the nature of the crime,” said RIAA chairman and CEO Mitch Bainwol.

Says the Axis of Evil.

In defending the Pirate Act, Hatch said the operators of P2P networks are running a conspiracy in which they lure children and young people with free music, movies and pornography. With these “human shields,” the P2P companies are trying to ransom the entertainment industries into accepting their networks as a distribution channel and source of revenue.

This paragraph is the most problematic one. “the P2P companies are trying to ransom the entertainment industries into accepting their networks as a distribution channel and source of revenue.” Since when did that happen? o_o And why exactly can’t P2P be converted into a legitment distribution method? They said the same thing when music radio stations were getting popular and the royalty system that has since been in place seems perfectly fine with me. Unless I’m mistaken, radio stations are still legal right?

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