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- Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/08/copyright-extremist.html > > ""The Senate late Monday confirmed former Recording Industry Association of > America lawyer Donald Verrilli Jr.to serve as the nation's solicitor > general. Verrilli, one of at least five former RIAA attorneys appointed to > the administration, is best known for leading the recording industry's > legal > charge against music- and movie-sharing site Grokster. That 2003 case > ultimately led to Grokster's demise, when the U.S. Supreme Court sided with > a lower court's pro-RIAA verdict." > > smh. These are people who have already shown their abject bias in favor of > Corporations, and against the fair interests of the people. Why are they > getting elected to office? I recall reading of a few other similar lawyers > and RIAA defenders who have gotten elected to similar high office. Who > wants > to bet that the tide will suddenly turn dramatically against the rights of > the consumer in any case where the profits of these Corporations are at > risk? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338823 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
