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Old 01-25-2013, 03:10 PM   #1
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Old 01-25-2013, 03:46 PM   #2
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Pirates of the Caribbean, hm? This would be a modern day letter of marque, then, from nobody less than the WTO. Too bad it's capped at $21M a year :-)

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At which point, the MPAA and RIAA strongarm congress into invading Antigua and setting up a banana company in place of the government. Haven't we seen this before?
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At which point, the MPAA and RIAA strongarm congress into invading Antigua and setting up a banana company in place of the government. Haven't we seen this before?
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The US pressures Australia to its 'thinking' by way of the Balance of Trade discussions and said Agreements.

So Antigua may just have a point!
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At which point, the MPAA and RIAA strongarm congress into invading Antigua and setting up a banana company in place of the government. Haven't we seen this before?
Tubemonkey runs the MPAA and the RIAA?
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Oh no!!! Another axis-of-copyright-evil country in the Americas! When everybody thought it was just Canada... Who's next?
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"When you think about it, $21 million could be all accomplished in one go or in 50 million goes. The dollar figure is not important," he said.
Asked if a site charging one cent per download would be a way to accomplish Antigua's aims, he said: "That is an intellectual possibility."

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At which point, the MPAA and RIAA strongarm congress into invading Antigua and setting up a banana company in place of the government. Haven't we seen this before?
You have my personal testimony that invading small countries is fun.
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And of course they also provide free food and hotel rooms for visitors, since they are in such a giving mood. Or are they just giving away other people's stuff?
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At which point, the MPAA and RIAA strongarm congress into invading Antigua and setting up a banana company in place of the government. Haven't we seen this before?
Just last November
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And of course they also provide free food and hotel rooms for visitors, since they are in such a giving mood. Or are they just giving away other people's stuff?
From reading the article, it sounds like Antigua is trying to get the US to comply with a WTO ruling, and they have WTO permission to do this.

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"We've heard a lot more from them (the U.S. negotiators) over the past two weeks than over the past 10 years." He added that Antigua's main aim was still to get the United States to comply.
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And of course they also provide free food and hotel rooms for visitors, since they are in such a giving mood. Or are they just giving away other people's stuff?
Did you follow the story? They're collecting on a court judgement (well, ruling by the WTO, but the principle's the same.)
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Antigua should challenge the US to put their money where their mouth is, and settle the blue with a Veterans Cricket Match.
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