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calvin-c · 10-13-2009, 01:04 PM

One thing that strikes me about this is the similarity to tariff laws, except that tariffs don't stop buying goods from other countries, they just make it more expensive. Hopefully (for the tariff proponents) prohibitively expensive. (Like tariff laws, geographic restrictions also result in ludicrous examples to take advantage of loopholes. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken...ing_the_tariff)

Somebody mentioned countries getting together to reform copyright laws. Heaven Forbid! Do you really think that such reform would be to the benefit of the consumer?

Now if you want to propose an international consumer movement to reform copyright laws, I might be in favor of that-but please, don't propose that the governments get involved!

10-13-2009, 01:04 PM	#75
calvin-c Guru Posts: 787 Karma: 1575310 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Moon+ Pro	One thing that strikes me about this is the similarity to tariff laws, except that tariffs don't stop buying goods from other countries, they just make it more expensive. Hopefully (for the tariff proponents) prohibitively expensive. (Like tariff laws, geographic restrictions also result in ludicrous examples to take advantage of loopholes. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken...ing_the_tariff) Somebody mentioned countries getting together to reform copyright laws. Heaven Forbid! Do you really think that such reform would be to the benefit of the consumer? Now if you want to propose an international consumer movement to reform copyright laws, I might be in favor of that-but please, don't propose that the governments get involved!