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They are also not right.
We have enough corporate welfare!

Why should people pay for content that they do not like or listen to? This is basically no fault insurance so that those that do enjoy it or those that get into accidents don't have to pay as mush. Let those pay for their own activities. That goes for opera too. The people that enjoy the arts can well afford them instead of passing it off onto others. Same with football. Taxpayers pay for the stadium and the owners and players get the loot. I say pay as you go for your own vices.

Mandatory licensing will work on the radio because the people listening to the radio is paying for the content by listening to the ads and sometimes buying the advertised product. Plus it is in read mode format only. It will not work for the internet because people are making copies and passing them around. What will happen is the content owners will realize the value they will be entitled to and hit everyone up for a big raise when the license contract expires. Even the folks that don't even listen to the content. I don't listen to content that much that will be subsidizing a media content pig that will not be paying there fair share. Or, pay as you go.
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Make the criminals pay  BeGoneFool | 11/17/06
Strange  Mectron | 11/17/06
You are missing the point...  semiloon | 11/18/06
"You steal, you pay the price."  nomorems | 11/17/06
Exactly. It's all relative...  HypnoToad | 11/18/06
Who are the criminals, MySpace or the people who use MySpace?  CobraA1 | 11/18/06
Ala Napster, if they can't control it  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
That is not what court ruled and you know it  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
And what was the outcome?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
This is a differnt situation and you know it  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
Web server, P2P, who cares?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
Everyone should care  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
Well, true, I care about copyrights. Everyone should.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/06
Out of touch  DarthRidiculous | 11/17/06
The essence of a free market...  semiloon | 11/18/06
Yes I do  DarthRidiculous | 11/18/06
Your cluelessness is ASTOUNDING.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
Loud words for someone with no dog un the fight.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
Loud words for someone with no dog in the fight.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
You know everything about everything don't YOU! - NT  raycote | 11/19/06
You know everything about everything don't YOU! - NT  raycote | 11/19/06
When I was 4 I learned the difference  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
So she told you...  B.O.F.H. | 11/19/06
Ah, the loser makes personal attacks.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
Pathetic post.  mobrien_12@... | 11/19/06
Yes it was. (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
The writing is on the wall  voska | 11/20/06
Loud words for someone with no dog in the fight.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/06
Or do they get it  voska | 11/20/06
This will never, ever (EVER!) stop  BitTwiddler | 11/17/06
Interesting Concept  wjkahlssmd@... | 11/18/06
It's called blanket licensing  tic swayback | 11/18/06
Compulsory licenses are not new  Edward Meyers | 11/18/06
They are also not right.  osreinstall | 11/18/06
Wrong thing- Those are statutory royalties  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
I don't think so  osreinstall | 11/19/06
These aren't contracts and you failed to recognize what you read  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
No you assumed things that aren't.  osreinstall | 11/19/06
I have made no assumptions  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
Sure you did.  osreinstall | 11/19/06
The US government is a sympathizer- Please  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
You are reading it wrong.  osreinstall | 11/19/06
Absoulutly quite wrong- Thanks for playing though.  Edward Meyers | 11/19/06
Yeah Right.  osreinstall | 11/19/06
2 were about the lawsuit  Edward Meyers | 11/20/06
Why do you care?  voska | 11/20/06
OSReinstall--Ask an artist  tic swayback | 11/20/06
I would if I knew one.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Voska I don't want to see anyone ripped off  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Ed, I don't think so.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
OSre--did you even read my post?  tic swayback | 11/20/06
I read it.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Missing the point  tic swayback | 11/20/06
You sure did miss the point.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Still doesn't make sense to me  tic swayback | 11/20/06
Sometimes I wonder too.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
I pay taxes for lots of things I don't use  tic swayback | 11/20/06
So do I, but let's not add to it.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Paying for the public good  tic swayback | 11/20/06
Education is way more important than the arts.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Registration would be extremely helpful!  tic swayback | 11/20/06
They have to do something.  osreinstall | 11/20/06
Odd  tic swayback | 11/18/06
OMG! Watching that clip of Wonder Woman spinning was an illegal act?!  HypnoToad | 11/18/06
Yep... exactly  mobrien_12@... | 11/19/06
Time to go after HotMail, GMail, etc.  bgmacaw | 11/18/06
Hey, am I guilty of copyright violations also?!!!  el1jones | 11/18/06
You can't be that dumb  semiloon | 11/18/06
NOT that farfeched... Really  LuciferJones | 11/18/06
No you are the one who has made a dumb statement.  mobrien_12@... | 11/19/06
Think before posting  the_seb | 11/20/06
So it's okay if I play it on a radio station, or ...  el1jones | 11/20/06
Re-distributing is what you are licensed for  voska | 11/20/06
It's not a question of theft  ebudae@... | 11/20/06
True!  nightbreedjtm@... | 11/20/06
embrace them, then sue  RIAAsucks | 11/20/06
Come on, who didn't see something like this coming?  Shelendrea | 11/20/06
A few corrections...  nightbreedjtm@... | 11/20/06
As for Metallica...  nightbreedjtm@... | 11/20/06

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