Obama Administration Announces Massive Piracy Crackdown

"This is theft, clear and simple. It's smash and grab, no different than a guy walking down Fifth Avenue and smashing the window at Tiffany's and reaching in and grabbing what's in the window."Joe Biden

Not this bollocks again. You'd expect better from government officials, but good lord, apparently not.

I've nothing against governments cracking down on piracy, but c'mon, there's better arguments on why you should crack-down on piracy than this falsehood.

[QUOTE="Joe Biden"]"This is theft, clear and simple. It's smash and grab, no different than a guy walking down Fifth Avenue and smashing the window at Tiffany's and reaching in and grabbing what's in the window."T_P_O

Not this bollocks again. You'd expect better from government officials, but good lord, apparently not.

I've nothing against governments cracking down on piracy, but c'mon, there's better arguments on why you should crack-down on piracy than this falsehood.

I wouldn't... :P

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[QUOTE="Joe Biden"]"This is theft, clear and simple. It's smash and grab, no different than a guy walking down Fifth Avenue and smashing the window at Tiffany's and reaching in and grabbing what's in the window."coolbeans90

Not this bollocks again. You'd expect better from government officials, but good lord, apparently not.

I've nothing against governments cracking down on piracy, but c'mon, there's better arguments on why you should crack-down on piracy than this falsehood.

I wouldn't... :P

If people can copy it why would they buy it? The industry gave the commercial users the equipment to copy software. What did they think they were going to do with it?

It's irritating how even government officials represent a complicated problem like it's the most one sided issue in the world. Besides Biden being factually incorrect (he should be attacked for expressing falsehoods), he also implies copyright infringement is a one sided issue. If the government really wants to do something about it, look at the problem from different sides, and have a proper discussion about it. Just going the zero tolerance route won't work in any way. This was clearly only done to keep their campaign financiers happy.

I don't mind the effort to crack down on pirates. I do mind DRM on everything...that would piss me off to no end.

[QUOTE="clyde46"]Motion picture piracy costs the U.S. economy more than $20 billion annuallyGallion-Beast

[QUOTE="gameguy6700"][QUOTE="clyde46"]

I just found this.

June 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration will try to shut down Internet trafficking in pirated movies and music, the government's first anti-piracy chief told Congress.

"We will go after the foreign-based websites and Web services that infringe our intellectual property rights," said Victoria Espinel, the U.S. intellectual property enforcement officer, in testimony today to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Espinel told Senator Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who leads the committee, she would cooperate as he develops legislation that he didn't detail to close illicit websites. She delivered a report yesterday proposing a 120-day review of government enforcement of laws protecting intellectual property and the need for new rules.

Motion picture piracy costs the U.S. economy more than $20 billion annually, Barry Meyer, chief executive officer of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., a unit of Time Warner Inc., said in written testimony. There were more than 1.7 million illicit downloads of the movie "Sherlock Holmes" in the first 30 days after its December release, Meyer wrote.

"Rampant theft of intellectual property strikes at the heart of our nation's economy," Meyer said.

Senator Thomas Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, said China isn't cooperating in quelling trade in counterfeit goods.

"They are stealing our intellectual property," Coburn said. "They are stealing our future."

Espinel, whose post was created by a 2008 law, said China is "an issue of great concern."

clyde46

I don't see a problem with this, but I do have a problem with making it illegal to back up the property I legally own (such as breaking the encryption on a DVD).mattbbpl

Basically sums up my thoughts...

[QUOTE="mattbbpl"]I don't see a problem with this, but I do have a problem with making it illegal to back up the property I legally own (such as breaking the encryption on a DVD).coolbeans90

Basically sums up my thoughts...

this is the industries views on it. you dont own it even though you paid for it, you only paid for the rights to use it for personal use and nothing else. they own the content still you only own the physical medium its contained on along with the permission to use it but only in ways they approve of.the law is written in their favor specifically allowing them to enforce the above beliefs of theirs.

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[QUOTE="mattbbpl"]I don't see a problem with this, but I do have a problem with making it illegal to back up the property I legally own (such as breaking the encryption on a DVD).cornholio157

Basically sums up my thoughts...

this is the industries views on it. you dont own it even though you paid for it, you only paid for the rights to use it for personal use and nothing else. they own the content still you only own the physical medium its contained on along with the permission to use it but only in ways they approve of.the law is written in their favor specifically allowing them to enforce the above beliefs of theirs.

Yep basically the case.. Your paying for the license and perimssion to use that license.. Outside of taht you really don't own a copy. Its quite lame, though form a business stand point I can understand why they do it..

I don't tend to put much weight behind any Joe Biden quote. That guy just runs his mouth and has really no idea what he's saying. He's an embarassment to this country and Obama should drop him fast for next election.

[QUOTE="clyde46"][QUOTE="Xx_Hopeless_xX"]

That is an odd way of putting it...and it doesn't make much sense :?...

Xx_Hopeless_xX

wait i thought this was about Obama???

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EDiT: oh wait nvm :P i get it.

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this thread seems to be inviting people to get moderations...

clyde46

I disagree. 3ds-Max costs $3,500 but people in foreign countries are getting it for bargain-basement prices. That is piracy.

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this thread seems to be inviting people to get moderations...

topsemag55

I disagree. 3ds-Max costs $3,500 but people in foreign countries are getting it for bargain-basement prices. That is piracy.

Some of those foriegncountries do not enforce copy write laws.. They are immune from any kind of criminal charges.

Guy can't even run a country without making it become 4x more in debt than the last idiot. Pirates are not worried!

Well there goes the youth vote, well I hope

There is also the ACTA treaty that will be the the internets version of the Patriot act to fight piracy.

They would have better effect on piracy if they didn't have ticket prices at 10+ dollars a show (then add in 3D cost...)