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> Verily I say unto thee, that Doug Mentohl spake thusly:
>> Last September, the Bush administration defended the unusual secrecy
>> over an anti-counterfeiting treaty being negotiated by the U.S.
>> government, which some liberal groups worry could criminalize some
>> peer-to-peer file sharing that infringes copyrights.
>>
>> Now President Obama's White House has tightened the cloak of
>> government secrecy still further, saying in a letter this week that a
>> discussion draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and
>> related materials are
>>
>> "classified in the interest of national security pursuant to
>> Executive Order 12958."
>>
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10195547-38.html
>
> It may be an obvious question but - WTF has *copyrights* got to do with
> "National Security"?
>
> What next, will the (further adventures of the) EU Commission antitrust
> investigation into Microsoft's racketeering also be considered a matter
> of American "National Security"?
>
> What is it that needs "securing" exactly ... a bunch of state-protected
> carpetbaggers selling snake oil to a captive audience, or the US Bizniz
> culture of corporatism in general?
This new showed up last week:
MPAA Study Links Piracy to Gangs and Terrorists
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| The MPAA funded report report titled ‘Film Piracy, Organized Crime, and
| Terrorism’ claims that terrorist groups use film piracy to finance their
| activities, while organized gangs see it as a significant revenue stream.
| Selling pirated goods is a ‘low-risk, high-profit enterprise’ which attracts
| criminals of all sorts according to the report. And, as if that is not bad
| enough, in some areas the influence of these pirating gangs extends into law
| enforcement and political leaders, who are bought, intimidated, or induced to
| create “protected spaces” where crime flourishes.
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http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-study-links-film-piracy-to-gangs-and-terrorists-090304/
MPAA Study Calls For Piracy Patriot Act
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/05/mpaa-study-calls-for-piracy-patriot-act
The "war on sharing" is the new "war on terror".
http://torrentfreak.com/sxsw-2009-on-bittorrent-6-gb-of-free-music-090312/
SXSW 2009 on BitTorrent: 6 GB of Free Music
http://sites.google.com/site/sxsw2009torrent/
Share and enjoy. The MAFIAA would hate it.
6 GB of music, totally legal!
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