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  1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

    http://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/united-states-copyright-office-ripping-illega It would be funny, if it weren't so sad.

    Thursday, 25-Oct-12 19:41:16 UTC from web
    1. Omni Omni

      @ceruleanspark Let me put it this way: **** American copyright. If I buy a product, I want to use it. Really, anyone protecting the copyright system has no idea what it really means. I'd rather go full Richard Stallman than completely live by the American copyright law.

      Thursday, 25-Oct-12 19:43:51 UTC from web
      1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

        @omni Well, in England we did really well for a while. We had an investigation, found all the ways technology had outpaced the law, and we were going to overhaul copyright in a consumer friendly manner, legalise format shifting, demand providers actually make content available legally and without onerous restriction before they're allowed to threaten people, etc. Then suddenly and totally mysteriously, the guy in charge of the comitee was fired, and replaced with someone else, who, the day after having dinner with some recording industry execs, tore up everything and tried to force "3 strikes and you're banned from the net" through parliament.

        Thursday, 25-Oct-12 19:49:20 UTC from web
        1. Omni Omni

          @ceruleanspark "Democracy" is a synonym for "hidden dictatorship". I really don't trust this whole "democracy" thing.

          Thursday, 25-Oct-12 21:02:59 UTC from web
          1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

            @omni wat

            Thursday, 25-Oct-12 21:08:36 UTC from web
            1. Omni Omni

              @toksyuryel I really, honestly can't think of a single moment in which the opinion of the public is really counted and no rich lobbyists or other "undemocratic" practices ruin everything. I literally can't.

              Thursday, 25-Oct-12 21:10:01 UTC from web
              1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                @omni Corruption is a thing that doesn't stop existing no matter what system you implement- even if you implement no system at all.

                Thursday, 25-Oct-12 21:12:48 UTC from web
                1. Omni Omni

                  @toksyuryel What are you disagreeing with, exactly? My choice of words? Should I have said "we're not living in a true democracy" instead?

                  Thursday, 25-Oct-12 21:14:31 UTC from web
                  1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                    @omni That would have been an improvement, yes.

                    Thursday, 25-Oct-12 21:17:18 UTC from web
    2. A Big Pony A Big Pony

      @ceruleanspark that's the saddest thing since pizza becoming a vegetable.

      Thursday, 25-Oct-12 19:48:09 UTC from MuSTArDroid