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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 11:21 AM Jun 2013

Did you know there was a World Creators Summit in Washington D.C 3 days ago?

Think about that term for a minute.
They have a web page
http://www.creatorssummit.com/

Did you know that we have an Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator for the White House?
Think about THAT for a minute.

And that this Coordinator said:
"existing collaboration with ISPs, advertisers, credit card companies and domain registrars will continue into the future."
http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-copyright-czar-praises-voluntary-anti-piracy-agreements-at-creators-summit-130605/

and we now can add The War on Piracy to the War on Drugs and the War on Terror.

Lastly, anyone who thinks that we are merely talking about illegal downloading hasn't been paying attention.
Newspapers, television and radio have already fallen under the control of a handful of people.
The failed attempts at SOPA, CISPA and the Internet tax are salvos in the struggle for control of the internet.
Apparently it is now Gov't policy to help businesses in that struggle.


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