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Title: SOPA lives - and MPAA calls protests an "abuse of power"
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Date: January 17, 2012
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Timestamp: 1326797200
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Link: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/sopa-livesand-mpaa-calls-protests-an-abuse-of-power.ars
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Comments: off
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> rather than coming to the table to find solutions to a problem that all
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now seem to agree is very real and damaging.
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No. All most certainly do *not* agree.
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> It is also an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in
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the marketplace today. It's a dangerous and troubling development when the
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platforms that serve as gateways to information intentionally skew the
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facts to incite their users in order to further their corporate interests.
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This must be a joke. It's a joke, right? Please tell me this joker is
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joking. The hypocrisy is too much.
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> stop the hyperbole and PR stunts and engage in meaningful efforts to
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combat piracy.
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There is absolutely nothing reasonable that anyone can do to "combat
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piracy". Digital copies are cheap. Adapt or die.
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The VCR did not kill media industries. Nor the cassette, CD, DVD. Why
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should anyone believe that computers and the Internet are going to kill
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music and movies?
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If the MPAA displayed even a shred of sanity maybe they would be taken
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seriously in their efforts to curb piracy. The biggest problem I can see is
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that studies have given us evidence that they are not hurt by it at all.
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Their tactic of choice seems to be to loudly decry "Nuh-uh! Piracy
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*does* hurt us!" and then strong arming everyone worldwide while suing anyone and
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everyone. If times are so tough maybe they should cut some of their budgets
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for lawyers and lobbyists.
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