On Wednesday 10 September 2003 05:56 pm, rikona wrote: > Hello Bryan, > ...snip
> Very, very unlikely unless it is a HUGE protest. The media cartel has > enormous resources, and have a long record of buying politicians quite > frequently and quite lavishly. The hidden factor is that votes are > increasingly being influenced by media - they can hold this club over > the politicos as well. "Cooperate or you won't get good coverage." A > very powerful message if you're in office. Fortunately, they appear to be their own worst enemy. As the backlash continues the money will begin to dry up. As the money dries up, so does the support of the bought politicians. Coupled with public relations that appear to have been designed by Darth Vader, and I figure that some politician is going to do the calculation, figure out how much they stand to benefit from throwing on a champion of the people costume, and will take action to start reversing at least the draconian pieces of the law that allow them to sue a 12 year old for potentially millions of dollars and threaten her with prison for violating copyrights. Given the current state of the world, I can think of much better targets to put in prison than 12 year old file traders. I mean, a little real perspective would do wonders for these guys. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer
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