"I AM YOUR FATHER LUKE...EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE."
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In an article by Thomas Hawk at http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/988/more_broadcast_flag
"Dan Glickman, CEO of the MPAA is out this morning with a "perspective" on CNET talking about why the Broadcast Flag is a good thing for you and me and why we should support it's implementation even though the MPAA has now lost their legal fight to shove this backwards technology down our throat by their lackeys at the FCC.


Glickman says that it's you and me who will "suffer" by not having the broadcast flag.

His logic runs as follows:

"Our companies want to continue to show their movies and television shows to viewers who don't or can't subscribe to cable or satellite systems. But without the broadcast flag, that option will look less and less appealing. In the end, it will be the consumers who suffer the most if the broadcast flag is not mandated for the digital era."

Oh, yeah, ok Dan, whatever you say guy.

You just don't get it. You lost. Hollywood lost. You guys had and will continue to have your clock cleaned time and time again. Embrace the future. Learn to share the love. Give up control and move on.

Look, many Americans think the speed limit is a good thing. They like it. When cars come barreling down my street and my kids are outside playing I think the speed limit is a good thing. When I'm on the vast stretch of lonesome highway between San Francisco and L.A. I think it's a bad thing. But either way I don't want some lawmaker trying to mandate that cars made be crippled and have a maximum operating speed of 65 miles per hour. Nor do most Americans. And likewise, I don't want my technology crippled so that I can't do whatever the hell I want with it, when, where, and with whomever I choose.

So you go ahead and flaunt your, "if we don't get our way we'll take our ball and go home" logic all you want. And I'll call BS. Hollywood will still make blockbuster movies, big budget TV shows will still go on and actors, directors and artists looking for the flickering fame of the silver screen will be no less motivated.

You and your cronies may have less money to spread around amongst yourselves, but Dan, this is a good thing as you are part of the problem."
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Dan Glickman has a roaring , full blown case of diarrhea (or is it DiaRIAA) of the MOUTH. He just can't shut up. OK..he's fat, but is that a reason for him to think he should throw all that adipose tissue around like he's a mensch or something? I think his little position has gone to that humongous bald thing riding atop that pork loin of a neck of his, which he calls a head.

A bit ago, he was threatening China that if they weren't good boys and girls and minded him, he would sick Papa Congress on them, and now, he's telling us that the broadcast flag is good for us.

Glickman, you're a LAMER, plain and simple. You come up with one retarded speech after the other. Where are those JibJab guys when you need them to satirize old Glicky-Man?

We subscribe to the movie channels because we used to get three new releases a week..Friday, Sat, Sun. Now, it seems the networks are turning more towards the series, such as Deadwood, Carnival, etc...and the movies are getting few and far between...if this trend continues, we will soon be cancelling our subscription....

As for tv shows? It's become a joke...the good series run from October-May, with reruns thrown in, and reruns all through May-October. The networks have turned towards low rate reality tv shows, most of which aren't worth the effort to turn the tv on anymore.

So they can threaten all they like...they lost the viewers a long, long time ago...

Try us. See how much suffering we can stand before we BEG Washington to instate a broadcast flag. Double dare ya.

If you can't share "intellectual property," it wouldn't seem to have a heck of a lot of worth, now would it? A movie nobody sees is like a book nobody reads--it's a waste of space.

So, assuming Glickman won't take no for an answer from the Federal Court, what would be the next move of the MPAA to make the broadcast flag legal?

What's all this talk about intellectual property? We're talking about Hollywood. you have to have intellegence to have intellectual property.

Hi, comp.

What the hell, enough is enough..... Good night.

RIAA Expands Scope of Illegal File-Sharing Lawsuits Against Student Abusers of Internet2

Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:00 PM

University Network Users at 20 New Schools Cited in Latest Round of i2hub Litigation

WASHINGTON--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--May 26, 2005--The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), on behalf of the major record companies, today announced a second wave of copyright infringement lawsuits against abusers of the specialized, high-speed university computer network known as Internet2. By adding 20 new schools to the list of those with students targeted previously in Internet2 litigation, the RIAA has significantly expanded the scope of its response to this egregious form of music theft popular on college campuses.

''As long as students continue to corrupt this specialized academic network for the flagrant theft of music, we will continue to make it clear that there are consequences for these unlawful actions,'' said Cary Sherman, President, RIAA. ''With the multitude of legal music alternatives available to students today, there is simply no excuse for this ongoing illegal downloading on college campuses.''

Last month, the music industry filed lawsuits against students at 18 campuses using the file-sharing application i2hub to download and share music on the Internet2 network. Today`s lawsuits – against students at a total of 33 schools – build on the industry`s effort to combat theft on Internet2 – increasingly the network of choice for students seeking to steal copyrighted songs and other works on a massive scale.

Included in the new round of litigation announced today are lawsuits against 91 students attending the following schools: Boston University, Brandeis University, Brown University, Columbia University, DePaul University, Drexel University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Indiana University, Lehigh University, New York University, Princeton University, Rice University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Saint Louis University, State University of New York – Binghamton, State University of New York – Buffalo, Ohio State University, Tufts University, Tulane University, University of California – Berkeley, University of California – Davis, University of California – Los Angeles, University of California – San Diego, University of Delaware, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, University of Missouri –Rolla, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, University of New Hampshire, University of Southern California, University of Toledo and Wake Forest University.

In addition to the lawsuits filed today against students on college campuses, the industry also filed new ''John Doe'' suits against 649 individuals illegally distributing copyrighted music on the Internet via unauthorized peer-to-peer services such as KaZaa, LimeWire and Grokster.

''Whether it`s done on a computer at home or one in a college dorm room, the act of theft is one and the same,'' said Sherman. ''These lawsuits have had a significant educational impact on the public and have helped to arrest the staggering growth of digital music theft. We will continue to aggressively pursue them.''

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[The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members` creative and financial vitality. Its members are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world. RIAA(R) members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States. In support of this mission, the RIAA works to protect intellectual property rights worldwide and the First Amendment rights of artists; conduct consumer industry and technical research; and monitor and review - - state and federal laws, regulations and policies. The RIAA® also certifies Gold(R), Platinum(R), Multi-Platinum(TM), and Diamond sales awards, Los Premios De Oro y Platino(TM), an award celebrating Latin music sales.]

If you think about it it's been said if it wasn't for SCO linux would'nt have come to the forfront. So thanks SCO.

your thinking whats that got to do with Dan Glickman and the flag well the way I see it the tide is slowely turning in our direction why do I say that because if it wasn't for the RIAA and their sue them all campain the indies wouldn't have had their best year ever.

So think about it for a second the free software movement is going full force, The Indie music scene is better than ever now the Indie movie scene has to take off soon all we need now is Independent television and we will have everything pretty much what the content cartal doesn't what us to have.

It's all thanks to the RIAA,SCO,MPAA,BSA the more they sue the more people come to us we are the alternative to the sue happy jerkoffs we foster a shareing community that we consider family thats the difference between us and them they have no concept at all about that and thats how they'll lose. blinded by money.

nitedreamerxp, you are correct in your observation that our enemy is better at beating themselves up than we are with our meager efforts,

--but I for one hate them so much for the harm they have done to the world that I plan to keep kicking them even when they finally slit their own throats and lie bleeding on the floor. They are good at inflicting pain on themselves, but it is not enough.

hey shadowmom