02-16-2010, 02:12 PM | #1 |
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U.S. Govt joins piracy fight
Attorney General Eric Holder Friday announced the creation of a Justice Department intellectual property task force to better tackle domestic and international piracy and other IP crimes. "The rise in intellectual property crime in the United States and abroad threatens not only our public safety but also our economic well being," Holder said in a statement. "This Task Force will allow us to identify and implement a multi-faceted strategy with our federal, state and international partners to effectively combat this type of crime."
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02-16-2010, 02:27 PM | #2 |
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Brought to you by the US Govt... paid subsidiary of the RIAA.
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02-16-2010, 02:31 PM | #3 |
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Ya I wonder how much they had to pay to get the Feds involved with such an IMPORTANT issue?
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02-16-2010, 02:33 PM | #4 |
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You selfish, senseless clods - It's for the children. Oh wait wrong topic - sorry.
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02-16-2010, 02:40 PM | #5 |
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I can sleep better at night now. Our Attorney General is pulling out all the stops to protect us from the threat of terrorism and.... er....never mind....
I do not see it as the Federal Governments job to protect the intellectual rights of corporations. If is is, then why don't they have Federal Marshals at Wal-mart tracking down shop lifters? |
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Does stealing nuclear secrets constitute IP crime? If not, I don't see how IP crime is relevant to public safety.
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Anyway, I'm fine with it as I'm 100% supportive authors and other owners of intellectual property get the money they deserve for their work. If it costs too much in your mind, don't buy it. Price doesn't justify stealing. If you need to put it on multiple devices for your own use (and not to give to others) then fine, strip the DRM. I can't argue with that as long as you're not putting it on file sharing or giving it away and costing the publisher sales. If authors just want their work in as many people's hands, they can give it away on their website and not sign contracts with publishers. I just never have understood, or respected, people that don't respect intellectual property rights and expect artists, authors, record labels, publishers etc. to just give away their work or sell it at some low price they deem acceptable. I get the issues with DRM when it's a hassle to not be able to read you e-book on all your devices etc. But that's a separate issue from whether you respect intellectual property rights. That's just a case of dumb policy from publishers that hurts legitimate users more than it thwarts piracy. Hopefully this federal involvement will deal with shutting down major file sharers and pirates and not bother with DRM stripping that doesn't involve file sharing, torrents etc. Last edited by dmaul1114; 02-16-2010 at 03:46 PM. |
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The rest of your post has nothing to do with this thread, so I'm not sure what your point is, other than just a typical anti-piracy rant. |
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Inventing a gadget or medicine etc. and getting a patent to protect it and make money off of it is no different than an artist making music or an author writing a book. It's their copyrighted intellectual property. All that stuff is not criminal law. I just don't see this as any different than other types of patents/copyrights. People just see it different for some stupid reason since the product is electronic vs. being a physical CD or book. Property is property. Pay for it or do with out it unless the owner is giving it away. And yes it was the typical anti piracy rant as this site is full of pirates, so I expect this thread to be all up in arms against the government trying to protect peoples intellectual property because people here have some sense of entitlement to be able to get things free, or pirate things not available in their country. There's no excuse for break laws, criminal or civil. If you don't like a law, work to change it. Boycott the products, write publishers. Don't break the law, steal someones intellectual property and whine when governments take steps to crack down on piracy. But in any case, I've said my piece and will bow out of this thread now. Last edited by dmaul1114; 02-16-2010 at 04:00 PM. |
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