End Music Monopoly
INTERNET RADIO FAIRNESS ACT WOULD UNLEASH “THE SPIRIT OF RADIO” By Bill Wilson || ̶You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
INTERNET RADIO FAIRNESS ACT WOULD UNLEASH “THE SPIRIT OF RADIO” By Bill Wilson || ̶You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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Frack that. As soon as I read “Make the board accountable… blah blah” Another bureacracy. Frack That. Close the tards down.
Close all federal bureacracies down, excepting the US Military. All of them. Period.
End of the problems at the federal level. End of the Deficits. End of States rights arguments. End of all the BS.
Americans for limited government. Just what is he advocating anyway. I don’t see a statement saying “Shut it down. (the only one worth talking about” or anything else except to bag on someone.
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SOPA/PIPA are inevitable laws that will eventually be passed in some kind of variation. Make no mistake, Congress is drooling over giving the various industries behind this bullshit exactly what they are demanding just to get a taste of those sweet, sweet campaign contributions. Hell, they’re practically jumping over themselves at the opportunity to lube up America’s ass on this.
The only thing that delays (not stops) this movement is people being informed of what these fuckers are trying to do. Tons of people switched to a “no” vote just because a bunch of sites, Google included, blacked out in protest over it, and boy did that ever piss off the likes of Chris Dodd.
Congress doesn’t serve the people, and just about every last one of the fuckers in it should be made unemployed for it.
Keep in mind, Congress doesn’t need to fix any kind of legislation to appease the people, they just need to “fix” it so that it doesn’t spark the ire of a few select businesses that can always reach for the megaphone to bark out complaints against the bill. The blackouts are what gave it national attention, take that away and the complicit media corporations will remain silent as Congress gleefully passes yet another travesty of a bill and thrust it upon the unsuspecting American people.
“But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. It behooves you, therefore, to be watchful in your States as well as in the Federal Government.” — Andrew Jackson
Artists and creators are entitled to earn income from their work, just as any other individual. Plenty of independent artists suffer at the hand of online thieves. It’s convenient to demonize big media, etc. but if you look at the facts you’ll see that it’s the little guys who suffer and who are most vulnerable to content theft.
BTW, the blackouts were orchestrated by tech companies that fund numerous astroturf entities to protect their own interests. Companies like Google are anti-copyright, yet first in line at the courthouse to protect their IP via patent and trademark law.
Either way you slice it, against SOPA or for it, much of the “debate” was ginned up by big bucks and industry.
The people whose livelihoods are threatened by content theft are left twisting in the win by those who buy into the tech-generated memes that such legislation would “break” the internet when actually all tech cares about is not breaking its pocketbook.
The US already has a monopoly on bad taste,and this Wilson weirdo is your typical Rush’ fan.Republicans should stay away from music…
“Artists and creators are entitled to earn income from their work, just as any other individual. Plenty of independent artists suffer at the hand of online thieves. It’s convenient to demonize big media, etc. but if you look at the facts you’ll see that it’s the little guys who suffer and who are most vulnerable to content theft.”
Bullshit. Artists who don’t suck use EXPOSURE gotten by the viral marketing of downloads then make money TOURING to cater to their fan base.
Want a highly successful example dating from long before the Internet? How about the Grateful Dead. They even let tapers connect to their sound boards at concerts, and their following over decades spent plenty of money. Since almost all their publicity in the early years was what we’d call “viral” today, tapes helped expose the band to people who would otherwise never have seen them in concert. I spent money to see them at Radio City Music Hall because I’d heard copied “bootleg” tapes. (Back then a “server” was a reel-to-reel tape recorder used to “rip” albums to Compact Cassette.)
Or have some GaGa, whose whole act IS marketing (herself):
“[Y]ou know how much you can earn off touring, right? Big artists can make anywhere from $50 millon for one cycle of two years’ touring. Giant artists make upwards of $100 million. Make music–then tour. It’s just the way it is today,” Gaga said. (Source: Techdirt)”