Actually, the piece was very "pro" citizen media. It wasn't just fluff. They put a historical perspective on what's happening now, and they balanced it with fun and serious videos. It was much better than I had anticipated.
-Rick --- In [email protected], Zack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suspect they're pushing the "suffer the children" line > because that's the method of attack being pushed by > the MPAA/RIAA lobbyists in their effort to cripple > the Internet. There's a bill sponsored by John > "selling my soul" McCain that pretends to be about > protecting children but may be intended to shut down > the Internet. > > The other tactic lobbyists are trying to push is requiring > every document of the Net to be authorized for distribution > by its copyright holder, which is of course impossible > to thoroughly enforce, but the penalties are huge, so it > could cause a panic similar to how terrorism does -- > not that MPAA/RIAA are terrorist organizations, of course... > > Trying to shut people up about 9/11conspiracies > using the "suffer the children" tactic is new to me; > it kind of suggests there's some truth to the theories. > > > Enric wrote: > > > > While channel surfing tonight I landed on the 20/20 show about video > > on the internet. They mainly covered YouTube. Topics ranged from > > privacy concerns, to war video shot by soldiers in Iraq from cell > > phones, to political news as Senator George Allen calling a political > > vidoer "Macaca", and so on. An interesting program, though I found > > the section on how children could be irreperably damaged by video > > images like the Shuttle blowing up and videos of 9/11 ("suffer the > > little children") patronizing. > > > > Mourning the Death of Privacy > > http://abcnews. go.com/2020/ story?id= 2752636&page= 1 > > <http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2752636&page=1> > > > > Viral Video: The New Weapon in War and Politics > > http://abcnews. go.com/2020/ story?id= 2746937&page= 1 > > <http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2746937&page=1> > > > > Video: The End of Privacy? > > http://abcnews. go.com/Video/ playerIndex? id=2757107 > > <http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2757107> > > > > Special Section Outrageous Video! > > http://abcnews. go.com/2020/ CaughtOnTape/ > > <http://abcnews.go.com/2020/CaughtOnTape/> > > > > -- Enric > > > > >
