tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061227211666562229.post8705701757599770241..comments2023-04-02T08:55:27.583-05:00Comments on Expand Fair Use: Marijuana is like piracyLee Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16513638681178493497noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061227211666562229.post-50046315979295662402012-11-14T18:00:40.658-06:002012-11-14T18:00:40.658-06:00Well said, as usual MJM.Well said, as usual MJM.Lee Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16513638681178493497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061227211666562229.post-22338510057929339462012-11-14T11:17:25.179-06:002012-11-14T11:17:25.179-06:00Ha!
I wrote this last year - figured I post it he...Ha!<br /><br />I wrote this last year - figured I post it here just to share:<br /><br />07/13/11 11:00<br /><br />I am not usually pessimistic. But I can see how the government's War on File<br />Sharing will continue down the same path as the War on Drugs. <br /><br />The two are very similar in terms of ignorance of reality, twisted philosophy<br />and general hypocrisy.<br /><br />The War on Drugs has cost billions of dollars, ruined millions of lives and<br />contributed to severe erosion of Constitutional liberty and loss of respect for<br />government and the police.<br /><br />It's also turned drug production and sales into a hugely profitable business and<br />then turned that business over to terrorist cartels and warlords.<br /><br />Given that, it doesn't take a large stretch of the imagination to see the War on<br />File Sharing turning into an amazing bonanza for a few special interests,<br />further limiting the rights of "normal" citizens and pushing large portions of<br />the tech and innovation industries onto foreign shores.<br /><br />What is deeply frustrating about all this is that the solution is rather simple.<br /><br />The entertainment industry does not have a "right" to make money from any<br />particular technology.<br /><br />If they are losing the amount of money that they claim, then the simple answer<br />is to abandon the technologies that are costing them money.<br /><br />Stop releasing digital content!<br /><br />Then it can't be pirated. <br /><br />Restrict all movies to theaters, all music to live performances and low-quality<br />FM broadcasts. <br /><br />Problem solved.<br />MjMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17830144244063454303noreply@blogger.com