Comments on: Bush Cracks Down On Copyright Pirates

President Threatens Sanctions Against Countries That Allow Piracy

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by rick40391 April 26, 2008 4:16 PM EDT
You know if this full of *** pres.of ours was so concerned about losing jobs in the states why has he not done something about the business going to the very countries he has put on his so called watch list. It seems to me he has bigger problems here, with GAS PRICES,RISING PRICES ON FOOD, FORECLOSURES just to name a few of which there are many more..
Guess just not the people with the money....I guess...
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by rick40391 April 26, 2008 4:13 PM EDT
You know if this full of *** pres.of ours was so concerned about losing jobs in the states why has he not done something about the business going to the very countries he has put on his so called watch list. It seems to me he has bigger problems here, with GAS PRICES,RISING PRICES ON FOOD, FORECLOSURES just to name a few of which there are many more..
Guess just not the people with the money....I guess...
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by rick40391 April 26, 2008 4:11 PM EDT
You know if this full of *** pres.of ours was so concerned about losing jobs in the states why has he not done something about the business going to the very countries he has put on his so called watch list. It seems to me he has bigger problems here, with GAS PRICES,RISING PRICES ON FOOD, FORECLOSURES just to name a few of which there are many more..
Guess just not the people with the money....I guess...
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by rick40391 April 26, 2008 4:10 PM EDT
You know if this full of *** pres.of ours was so concerned about losing jobs in the states why has he not done something about the business going to the very countries he has put on his so called watch list. It seems to me he has bigger problems here, with GAS PRICES,RISING PRICES ON FOOD,FORCLOURSERS just to name a few of which there are many more..
Guess just not the people with the money....I guess...
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by rick40391 April 26, 2008 4:09 PM EDT
You know if this full of *** pres.of ours was so concerned about losing jobs in the states why has he not done something about the business going to the very countries he has put on his so called watch list. It seems to me he has bigger problems here, with GAS PRICES,RISING PRICES ON FOOD,FORCLOURSERS just to name a few of which there are many more..
Guess just not the people with the money....I guess...
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by tbweb April 26, 2008 2:59 PM EDT
This issue needs to be cleared up once and for all! Where did Pirates and counterfeiters come from? They came from companies selling music and software!! When consumers purchased music and software and discovered its not what they wanted or that they purchased the wrong thing for various reasons; misleading advertising, incompatible software or hardware, poorly written software or any number of legitimate issues, guess what? Once you open a software or music package it can not be returned! This is a big deal when software cost several hundred dollars and you can''t get your money back because you opened or broke the packaging!! Thus software and music piracy was born! Most people obtain illegal software to try it out and if they like it they buy it, most don''t obtain pirated software to steal it but to avoid wasting money by not being able to return it! Open source software like Shareware, Linux and free software that accept payments or donations after you obtain it, use it and try it first have taken off! There will always be pirates who copy and steal but the majority of consumers reward software and music artist for their hard work. Another problem iTunes and other single song sources fixed was being forced to buy an entire music album when you only liked 1 or 2 songs from the artist, another issue that led to piracy now fixed, not to mention over pricing! It always good to buy software if you use it because you get support and upgrades and support the author.
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by bgwinnett April 26, 2008 1:40 PM EDT
Chinese theft --patent violations-- of our intellectual property, needs to stop too.
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by April 26, 2008 9:45 AM EDT
If Bush had a rudder he might stay on course. His weapons of mass destruction hunt in Iraq went so well. Why does anyone listen to this guy?
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by brianbwb-2009 April 26, 2008 8:00 AM EDT
This from the one who quoted a pirated 10 year old essay from a Berkley student as proof of Saddam''s WMDs, right.

"Pirates and counterfeiters don''t just steal ideas, they steal jobs and too often they threaten our health and safety," she said in a statement."

Total steaming Bullturds. Not one job is lost to file sharers, because the vast majority of people who pirate do so because they cannot afford the original, they never would have bought it anyway.

Also, who changed the definition of the word "buy"?

If you buy something, that means you own it, and can do what you wish with it, even give it away. If we are only leasing, then the transaction should be called "leasing".

And since when have we been legally bound to contracts we haven''t signed? Since there is no way to tell who clicks F8, or "yes" buttons, or even who opened the box, these cannot become replacements for a signature.

The line about creators not being paid is also a lie, as proven by the RIAA suing to collect royalties, then not paying the artists.

Take to its'' logical counterpart, every time Windows, or whatever software displays their logo on my screen, they ought to pay my for using my display as an ad for their product, as others do see it.
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by gce65 April 26, 2008 6:21 AM EDT
What''s that? Bush is going down on crack pirates? Probably trying to muscle in on their territory so he''ll have reliable income after he leaves office.
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