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watson387:

--- Quote from: John C on April 19, 2012, 04:12:09 PM ---And right on cue in my inbox, this is kind of neat.

http://sincerely.com/cause/cispa

Plug in your personal information and they'll (allegedly, I guess--it's not like I vetted their organization) mail off a postcard to your representatives.  Non-US people might want to keep away, since that could plausibly hurt the case.

North of the Border (yes, the border), C-12 and C-30 sound nearly as annoying...and a bit suspicious.  C-12 basically says that all that PIPEDA work was just silly and protecting privacy could be done best by getting rid of privacy protections.  C-30 is basically a "Canadianized" CISPA:  Less information can be legally gathered, but the immunity to abuse is broader.

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I gave them my info. It definitely can't HURT anything as far as I can tell. My email spam filter is pretty good too, so even if they sell it off i don't care. lol

John C:
I was half-joking, just to be clear.  It is vaguely possible that any organization is a fraud, but the EFF recommended them, and they're not exactly gullible.

docsavage:

--- Quote from: watson387 on April 08, 2012, 07:12:35 PM ---The problem here in the US is is that the MPAA/RIAA/etc. has all the money, and he who controls the money controls the politicians.  The government is run by big business.  It's very sad but it's the truth.

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Then put the money against them. The response should be in the form of consummer activism. I used to be a frequent buyer of Warner products. Since recent actions by RIAA and etc. I have practically stopped buying, and i'm advising my friends to do the same. 

John C:
I'm not saying not to vote with your money (I try to, myself), but the problem is that lost sales magically translate to piracy in MPAA/RIAA land.  It couldn't possibly be that you decided not to watch the Avengers (or whatever), so clearly, you must have downloaded it illegally, and that explains the dip in sales.

Remember, after all, that Hollywood loses a Hollywood and a half's worth of jobs every year.  Right now, everybody in the LA metro area is (as far as I can tell from the numbers) unemployed two or three times over.  That's the kind of logic we're fighting.

And their money comes from weird places.  I know that, in software, every Android device puts something like ten bucks into Microsoft's bank account because of their patent bullying ("you may be violating one or more of our patents, though we won't tell you which ones unless you make us take you to court") and in at least some parts of the world, every time you buy blank media, you're charged a tax that goes to the RIAA because only pirates buy blank CDs, apparently.  Likewise, merely having Internet access probably means paying a cable bill or equivalent, which puts is money going to the major media outlets.

Again, it's not to stop anybody from doing it, just to say that it's a very difficult plan and could just as easily end with the same draconian laws and/or bailout money, unfortunately.

Yoc:
Canada has a 'tax' on all black media, hard drives, etc to Hollywood as well as another one for disposal at the end of the devices life.

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