Comments on: Congressional Anti-Piracy Caucus Unveils “2009 Piracy Watch List”

By: Me-Mofo

Me-Mofo — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:23:45 +0000

Total bullshit is what these assholes are filled with. Thing is half of the software that is pirated on the internet would have never been purchased in the first place by the person that pirated it. Think about this, most people in a computer related field, business, graphic designers etc.. would have gone to college. Now while in college almost all students that are studying a technology related field will have access to MSDNAA. Basically what that translates to is all the free MS software you can handle (except games, Office, and the like). Now Adobe is too damn cheap to give a damn about students, so I would imagine that they too pirate Photoshop. However, most people that pirate a program such as Photoshop do not do so to make money with the program. They do so because either a college course requires use of photoshop or they are just messing around making “cool” pictures for their damn myspace/facebook accounts or personal web-site. Still in the latter case no money is made, and in the former case it’s technically fair-use because it is being used for educational purposes.

Poor people that have no intention to pay for the software to begin with should not be limited to not using it. Perhaps, they will find that they learn a skill and can actually find a decent paying job, so that they may later purchase the software. I think that when any of these “pirated” programs are used to make money in any form then yes that is bad, and at the very least if you do something like that you should purchase the software with the money you earn from using a pirated copy. I believe that there really are a lot of honest people out there that would do such a thing. I know I would. However, as a student with no need for Adobe soft, and all the Microsoft Software I can handle for free, I have nothing to worry about. That doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t jump on some cool new program to try it out before purchasing it.

By: Mike B

Mike B — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:35:24 +0000

Why doesn’t the entertainment company police it’s own products? True it’s against the law to steal cars from the GM or Ford lots, in fact it’s against the law to steal cars from anywhere, but Ford and GM don’t ask the government to protect them against thieves, they only ask them to prosecute them when they are caught. In the meantime they have protected themselves with the best security possible against theft. They employ security guards, they put up fences, closed circuit cameras etc. The entertainment industry can do the same in the virtual world. They can hire software engineers that can safegaurd their copyrighted content against illegal use. But they’re just to damn cheap to do it. They want to continue to make their insane profits and they want someone else to foot the bill for protection.

By: Zoness

Zoness — Sun, 24 May 2009 03:56:53 +0000

We have enough problems here in the states this intellectual property world police act is bullcrap.

By: Mr. Grimm

Mr. Grimm — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:33:52 +0000

Why does American congress just expect other countries to do what it wants them too? Kinda seems like they think that the world belongs to them so everyone else has to do as they say. If America wasn’t rife with injustice, debt, prejudice, corruption and just about every other bad thing still going on in the world today then I could understand them being all high and mighty.

It wouldn’t be so bad if people where actually producing anything that was worth paying money for. When someone makes a film, puts out an album or writes a novel that makes the grade then I’ll spend my hard earned money on it. Before downloading, how many of you have gone out and paid good money for an album/film/book based on reviews and trailers, advertisements etc. that made it seem like worth while buy only to get it home and it to be a pile of shite? Dunno bout you but I’ve had trouble getting my money back when, later, I’ve gone back to the shop and said “This is shite, I want my money”

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:02:05 +0000

So one of the worlds greatest bootleggers has put everyone else on its bootleggers list. Until the USA is on that list it is worthless.

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:46:19 +0000

Unfortunately for us, there’s too much money involved to be worried about “silly” things like human rights. It’s more about rights of business to take power from people these days – though that has, admittedly been happening ever since there was the movement to abolish slavery in the United States. These days, things have only accelerated.

The amount of time I’ve been covering news, the attitudes have gone from, “Oh, this internet thing is just a side issue.” to “What’s the fastest way we can kill or contain this internet thing?”

By: mountain_rage

mountain_rage — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:55:20 +0000

Would it not be great if one of the G8 countries leader one day, stood up and totally bashed in intellectual property cartel for trying to hinder peoples rights. Can you imagine some well known individual standing up and stating these people are trying to remove your rights. What would these clowns do then when the average citizen is aware that their rights are being trampled. It may be wishful thinking, but a guy can hope cant he?

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:09:14 +0000

I like the pictures that were added. Reminds me of an old Red Vs. Blue PSA video. “Psst. Don’t argue with him. He has a graph!”

Here’s a link to the video I was talking about. It’s about as commonsensical as what these congressmen mentioned in the story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiErTTCLLl0

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:42:14 +0000

I’d likt to nominate the phrase “War on world sovereignty” personally.

By: Marinetr

Marinetr — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:00:44 +0000

I think “War to the World” on the internet should be a better phase for this one.