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Bono calls for control over Internet downloads
AFP ^
| Jan 2, 2009
| Unknown
Posted on 01/03/2010 5:58:33 AM PST by decimon
WASHINGTON (AFP) Irish rock star Bono called Sunday for tougher controls over the spread of intellectual property over the Internet, arguing that file swiping and sharing hurt creators of cultural products.
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"A decade?s worth of music file-sharing and swiping has made clear that the people it hurts are the creators -- in this case, the young, fledgling songwriters who can?t live off ticket and T-shirt sales like the least sympathetic among us," Bono noted.
The singer pointed out that the US effort to stop child pornography and China?s effort to suppress online dissent indicate that it is "perfectly possible to track" Internet content.
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Starting out, you want the world wide open to you. No rules.
Once established, you want your world closed to competition. Rules rule.
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posted on
01/03/2010 5:58:34 AM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
Typical celebrity marxist: they want free sharing of everything and forced government charity; but when it starts to cut into their income, it’s suddenly wrong.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:05:03 AM PST
by
Bryanw92
(Imagine a day when the politicians have to hold a bake sale to pay for votes!)
To: decimon
Liberals like Bono want to control everything.
To: decimon
I’ll tell you what, Bonehead.
I’ll support putting a stop to people downloading your music for free when you put a stop to people taking my earnings (and the earnings of millions of Americans who are just getting by) through taxation and giving that money to all those third-world countries that are your pets.
To: decimon
Corkoman calls for a 90% tax on all rock shows by Irish bands held in arenas of >12,000 the proceeds to be sent to me.
Its for the chilruun dontchaknow.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:06:13 AM PST
by
corkoman
To: decimon
It seems large corporate entities, like U2, always lobby governments to protect their assets.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:07:15 AM PST
by
Flag_This
(ACORN delenda est)
To: decimon
Who will rid us of this troublesome muse?
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:07:18 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(America has been dead for a while; It's interesting to watch the cadaver cool.)
To: decimon
Never heard of him, so I guess I'll not be likely to swipe his cultural contribution.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:08:05 AM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Iran should have ceased to exist Nov 5, 1979, but we had no president then either.)
To: decimon
When I was a kid in the 60's and '70's most of my allowance went towards the $5-7 dollars for artists I like.
To me this is karma.... too bad.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:09:21 AM PST
by
catfish1957
(Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
To: decimon
Same guy who wants us to share our wealth to 3rd world dictators.
But not his property.
Typical liberal.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:10:28 AM PST
by
nhwingut
(Palin/Bachmann '12)
To: Lazamataz
Who will rid us of this troublesome muse?I remember reading much the same about you a few years ago.
The old Laz was fun, unlike the new mellow Laz.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:11:58 AM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Iran should have ceased to exist Nov 5, 1979, but we had no president then either.)
To: Flag_This
It seems large corporate entities, like U2...That would surely rankle Mr. Bono.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:13:52 AM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
“The singer pointed out that the US effort to stop child pornography and China?s effort to suppress online dissent indicate that it is “perfectly possible to track” Internet content.”
It's funny how leftist asshats have no problem employing gestapo tactics to protect their money. In fact it's down right hilarious how they promote the forced confiscation of everyone’s wealth to support their pet projects, yet want governments to track down and punish people that are confiscating theirs. What happened to their “from each according to their ability to each according to their needs” philosophy?
To: Lazamataz
Who will rid us of this troublesome muse?Troublesome musicians?
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:15:05 AM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:15:36 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Rick Santelli for Man of the Year!)
To: decimon
Someone recently accurately described Bono as a “mountebank”. I wish it were me.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:15:58 AM PST
by
j.argese
To: decimon
commi-capitalist...
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:16:23 AM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: mewzilla
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:17:08 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Rick Santelli for Man of the Year!)
To: decimon
If your music is worthless, shouldn’t it be free?
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:18:00 AM PST
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: mewzilla
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:18:38 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Rick Santelli for Man of the Year!)
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