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2010-01-12 Science & Technology

Governments Prepare Secret, Automatic Internet Copyright Control Agreement

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-01-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The governments can get fucked... this is facist.

Posted by 3dc 2010-01-12 00:30|| 2010-01-12 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Bambi paying off his Hollywood cronies at the expense of business & in a way that invades the privacy of and heaps mountains of costs on tens of millions of consumers? Meh, nothing to see here ... move along.

Posted by AzCat 2010-01-12 01:20|| 2010-01-12 01:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Even more Rent-Seeking? Are they trying to destroy the economy?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-01-12 06:08|| 2010-01-12 06:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Pebbles I hope (and trust) that was meant to be sarcastic. We've known that they are trying to destroy the economy since day 1.

Posted by AlanC 2010-01-12 07:36|| 2010-01-12 07:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Trouble is that Day one was in Hoover Presidency.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-01-12 08:57|| 2010-01-12 08:57|| Front Page Top

#6 How about governments that routinely ignore or violate copyrights? Do they lose their internet access?

Yeah, I'm lookin' at you, China.

Posted by mojo 2010-01-12 11:43|| 2010-01-12 11:43|| Front Page Top

#7 They Internet scares them as much as right wing talk radio, maybe ever more, because it gives the people a voice. They're looking for a way to control it.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-01-12 12:31|| 2010-01-12 12:31|| Front Page Top

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