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They think it gives their rhetoric punch, like kids will be reading this and thinking "But I don't want to cause Chernobyl!!" so then they'll stop downloading m
by sysop073 18y ago
They think it gives their rhetoric punch, like kids will be reading this and thinking "But I don't want to cause Chernobyl!!" so then they'll stop downloading music
- noonespecial 18y agoI actually think it may be worse than all of that. In war and politics, compromise is the weapon of choice of the craziest party. Tell lawmakers that filesharing is Armageddon, that beeeelions of dollars are lost each year to the pirates and that the entire economy will collapse if not fixed right away. The draconian measures that are seen as the "compromise" (which would, if presented outright seem ludicrous) now seem tame and acceptable. "Lifetime of the artist plus 70 years" sounds so much more acceptable than "lets just do away with this public domain thing."