[Notary Sojac]

Should be fun to follow on DU, even more so on Slashdot and BoingBoing.

[KoRn]

Terrible news!!

Two weeks left to use PirateBay. News groups are looking more attractive by the minute. lol

[golfisnr1]

What is RIAA?

[autumnraine]

Oh my! The free sharemusic downloaders are gonna FREAK!

This guy is like Public Enemy Number One them.

[mylife]

We all knew this guy was all about PAYOLA

He is a Chicago Pol

[VanDeKoik]

Oh /. is gonna be comedy gold for sure.

[kc8ukw]

It should also make the front page of Digg, with the caption, “Good job Diggers.”

[dalight]

Should be fun to follow on DU, even more so on Slashdot and BoingBoing.

Found on Slashdot posted by Larry Bagina:

Obama wants to change the system. But in order to do that, he needs insiders, clinton retreads, lobbyists, and big corporate stooges that know how to get shit done. Once he's surrounded by them, he'll be able to change the system.

Pretty good.

[deannadurbin]

It’s going to be hilarious when thousands of young liberals who campaigned for Obama and promoted Obama and voted for Obama start being sued for thousands of dollars for copyright infringements by the same administration they voted for! FOOLS!

[the invisib1e hand]

0 just threw every twenty-something that flogged his campaign under The Bus.

On the other hand, lawyers basically do what they're told. They aren't bound to any ideology other than the Deep Pocket ideology.

[MrFred]

marking for later.

[the invisib1e hand]

This ought to make the fur fly...

[CedarDave]

Tech PING

[antiRepublicrat]

Change you can believe in!

Now RIAA wishes will be DOJ policy. Thanks, Obama.

[ShadowAce]

[bamahead]

Libertarian ping! Click here to get added or here to be removed or post a message here!

[mbraynard]

and digg. lulz.

[weegee]

The best government the RIAA can buy.

[weegee]

There was also talk during the campaign of adding a new criminal investigation branch specifically for copyright (at the call of the the recording industry)...

Will Obama's copyright czar help save the music? (Yahoo news Sat Nov 15, 2008 Antony Bruno)

Soon after an inauguration that Washington, D.C., insiders are speculating could be one of the musical events of the year, Obama will officially name a copyright czar -- one of the most important decisions he'll make, as far as the music business is concerned.

And FR makes use of fair use provisions within copyright for use of news content.

[Salvation]

From an email I got today.

 

"President Obama has nominated David Ogden to a high-level position in his sub-cabinet -- not a position in agriculture or defense but the number two position at the Department of Justice, the Department charged with prosecuting adult and child pornography violations.  The porn industry is so excited by the prospect of having one of their allies in this key position that they have not been able to contain themselves.  XBiz, a leading 'adult' newswire, called Ogden a 'strong pick,' and porn attorney Colin Hardacre of Los Angeles said Ogden's nomination is 'a good sign for the adult industry.' ..."

[Taken from an article by Cathy Ruse Senior Fellow for Legal Studies at the Family Research Council
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30794

To: Friends
From: Bill Johnson
Re: A Man Who Thinks Child Porn is Free Speech Is Not Fit for Justice
Date: February 23, 2009

Personal note:
 Read this carefully and join with me in calling your U.S. Senator. We must do our best to stop this nomination now. If we do nothing, we will have no one else to blame other than ourselves for not doing our part when we could have.
 The implications of this pornography attorney being placed as the second in command at the U.S. Justice Department are more than I can possibly imagine, but what I can imagine is enough to make me fear for children and their innocence and for their protection and the further "pornification of America"!

Remember, the vote on David Ogden is this Thursday in the Judiciary Committee.  Call your U.S. Senator, 202-224-3121.

Bill Johnson