Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL] responds to my anti-Protect IP petition
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Re: Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL] responds to my anti-Protect IP petition
#2The problem is that Senator Dick really does believe that this law will be narrowly and judiciously applied to solve just the specific problem of pirated movies/music and neatly solve a big problem for an even bigger campaign contributor.
There is just no practical way for a domain expert to make the potential for unintended consequences of this stuff fit in his mind.
It's narrow "single purpose" legislation that seems to cause the most long-term problems.
Re: Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL] responds to my anti-Protect IP petition
#3It's likely this response was written by the same RIAA/MPAA lawyers who wrote the bill and underwrote his campaign. We have no voice.
Re: Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL] responds to my anti-Protect IP petition
#4It's likely this response was written by the same RIAA/MPAA lawyers who wrote the bill and underwrote his campaign. We have no voice.
> We have no voice.
Not true.
Support these:
Contact your representatives, do something.
Re: Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL] responds to my anti-Protect IP petition
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Re: Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL] responds to my anti-Protect IP petition
#6It's likely this response was written by the same RIAA/MPAA lawyers who wrote the bill and underwrote his campaign. We have no voice.
You've got to see it differently - that means a bill costs about $500K/senator. (http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=... for Dick Durbins money influx.)
I wonder if it's possible to buy bills via Kickstarter...
Re: Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL] responds to my anti-Protect IP petition
#7It's funny. I just got a response from Diane Feinstein a couple of days ago too. Apparently, whoever wrote their replies decided to do a batch job? In any case, here's her response to me: http://pastebin.com/LzCB2KMs
Re: Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL] responds to my anti-Protect IP petition
#8It's funny. I just got a response from Diane Feinstein a couple of days ago too. Apparently, whoever wrote their replies decided to do a batch job? In any case, here's her response to me: http://pastebin.com/LzCB2KMs
Wow, that is strikingly similar. I notice how neither commented on the technical ramifications of this, and gave a generic "this will protect us from evil pirates" response.
Re: Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL] responds to my anti-Protect IP petition
#9It's likely this response was written by the same RIAA/MPAA lawyers who wrote the bill and underwrote his campaign. We have no voice.
You've got to see it differently - that means a bill costs about $500K/senator. ( http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=... for Dick Durbins money influx.) I wonder if it's possible to buy bills via Kickstarter...
I wonder if it's possible to buy bills via Kickstarter...
Is that legal? Would a PAC or Super PAC be needed first?
Re: Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL] responds to my anti-Protect IP petition
#10It's likely this response was written by the same RIAA/MPAA lawyers who wrote the bill and underwrote his campaign. We have no voice.
> We have no voice. Not true. Support these: http://demandprogress.org/ http://www.eff.org/ Contact your representatives, do something.
>Contact your representatives, do something.
I think his point was that OP did exactly that, and found that the 'AAs already have his legislator firmly in their pocket. It's like that scene at the end of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, where the chick is all relieved to see someone she knows and trusts, only to realize too late that he has already been converted.
I also absolutely hate the phrase, "Do something!" or "Get involved!" in regards to politics or causes in general. It's absolutely useless. People already know that they want to do something, they want to know what they can do that will actually have an effect on the outcome, preferably with tutorials, lessons learned, etc. Harassing already-bought politicians does not fall into that category.