SOPA/PIPA, ACTA and TPP

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[clockwork]

Reminds me on a story about a radio station.

Label: You have to pay us money for being allowed to play our song.
Station: No, thats too much.
Label: But you have to pay!
Station: Hm, then we will not play your song anymore in the radio.
Label: Wait, you can not ban our song. Thats unfair! We will sue you!

There are simillar things around.
But one thing is for sure, never in history these companies made more money than now.

[Radaghast]

You may have seen this already - Not good

SOPA changes name to CISPA | Drudge Retort

To paraphrase - Congress need an enema!

Oh! and just a reminder:

UK Government Proposes Law Monitoring Every Email , Phone Call ...

[clockwork]

The people who make such suggestions might even know about the book 1984.
"But the book was written about someone else..... for sure!"

[SiberLynx]

To paraphrase - Congress need an enema!

haha!  Very True
& even more
In our (my former) country there is a saying, which basically applies to idiots who must understand something (otherwise they would not)... "the enema with gramophone needles"  has to be prescribed, but in most cases one session is not enough 

Cheers!

[kail]

That sounds a bit small.. I'm not sure they'd get the point*.

May I recommend something a little more substantial..

 



*pun intended.

[!H]

  

В нашей (моей бывшей) стране есть...

PS Sorry for the Russian.

«Во дни сомнений, во дни тягостных раздумий о судьбах моей родины, — ты один мне поддержка и опора, о великий, могучий, правдивый и свободный русский язык!» © Иван Сергеевич Тургенев

[SiberLynx]

The people who make such suggestions might even know about the book 1984.
"But the book was written about someone else..... for sure!"

Well clockwork,
I am not sure they’ve ever read it despite
“1984” by George Orwell is one of those literature masterpieces that everyone must read
 

That sounds a bit small.. I'm not sure they'd get the point*.

Nice “touch” re: “the point” hehehehe!

…May I recommend something a little more substantial..

Have you ever seen gramophone needles?
Those should work fine and they can indeed fit into the enema

As a matter of fact …The image you posted is good, but it did not get into the forum somehow
I got that only when quoting your message

***Edited*** can see it now - new NoScript was playing games

Cheers Guys!

[EricJH]

You may have seen this already - Not good

SOPA changes name to CISPA | Drudge Retort

To paraphrase - Congress need an enema!

Oh! and just a reminder:

UK Government Proposes Law Monitoring Every Email , Phone Call ...

Now that's a wonderful underpinning of the special relationship between the UK and US. They both are very fond of humongo government control over its citizens.  Never forget George Orwell was a Brit.

The USA likes to pose its self as the country of Freedom in its pure form. But it seems to have nasty undercurrents of corporate authoritarian/totalitarian reflexes that scare me as a Northwest European citizen.

In an odd way the tight connections in the USA between corporations and government seem to bear some resemblance between old school USSR ties between government and soviet corporations.... What's good for the company is good for the country and vice versa.... 

At !H. I don't speak Russian but that photo surely shows a proud enema or should I say phallus  giving whole new direction to this topic? 

[!H]

At !H. I don't speak Russian but that photo surely shows a proud enema or should I say phallus  giving whole new direction to this topic?  

no, it's a monument!

phallus (рус. МПХ)

[!H]

...government seem to bear some resemblance between old school USSR ties between government and soviet corporations.... What's good for the company is good for the country and vice versa....  

_*What's good for «General Motors» is good for America_*

Слова президента американской корпорации «Дженерал моторс» Чарльза Вильсона (1890—1961). 15 января 1953 г. сенатский комитет по военным делам обсуждал его кандидатуру на пост министра обороны. На вопрос, чьи интересы будут более важными для будущего министра — страны или его фирмы, Вильсон ответил: «Я привык считать: то, что хорошо для нашей страны, хорошо и для «Дженерал моторс», и наоборот. Это одно и то же» (по информации газеты «Нью-Йорк тайме». 1953. 23 янв.).

Основные акционеры компании на май 2011 года — министерство финансов США (35,5 %)

[EricJH]

no, it's a monument!

I was just kidding.....  It is a beautiful piece of art actually.

[!H]

I was just kidding.....

I am smiling...  

It is a beautiful piece of art actually.

nice ("beautiful") ladies ("piece") stand side by side with sculpture

[Ronny]

An other attempt?

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protecting Act
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3523ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3523ih.pdf

https://www.cdt.org/cispa-resource-page

[kail]

US House of Representatives passes CISPA by 248-168 [ap.org]

[Radaghast]

US House of Representatives passes CISPA by 248-168 [ap.org]

By using a sneaky, unscheduled vote  Still, it has to get through the Senate and the Administration has said they'll veto the bill...

This is interesting.

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