Star Dutch Court Orders Mininova To Remove Offending Torrents
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 26th Aug 2009 13:22 UTC
Law and Order Not too long ago we had a semi-loss for The Pirate Bay in The Netherlands, which was convicted 'by default' because the defendants did not show up in court to plea their case. Today, The Netherlands once again saw a ruling in a high-profile piracy case, and again, there's a loss for the defendants. Update: Oh, and by the way - thought about putting some lyrics you like on your website or blog? Think again. We live in a crazy world, people.
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RE[4]: Comment by Yamin
by irbis on Thu 27th Aug 2009 04:08 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Comment by Yamin"
irbis
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What's wrong is that we allow our laws to be tilted to benefit them disproportionate to the benefit to the creators, consumers, and our overall cultural heritage.

Yes. And why have people let it happen, especially in the USA? Because of people being fooled into blindly believing in the almighty power of greedy capitalism as a solution to all problems in a society.
there's nothing wrong with media companies or any other business interests being in it just for the money. If they think they can make money distributing culture, then great for them, even if they don't care about the culture

I disagree and fail to see how there would be nothing wrong with media companies or other businesses serving their own greedy interests only, and not caring for their customers, artists, culture, environment and other such values. Like in any other field of life there are both good and bad ways to make business. Plain selfish business greed has simply never served the interest of customers best, usually quite on the contrary.

It is only a natural result of the religious belief in the almighty power of laissez-faire capitalism if the laws or big companies don't serve the interests of people anymore. Actually, people could only blame themselves if they let big greedy corporations rule their lives instead of taking power into their own hands by the means of democratic and balanced law making where you have to discuss with and listen to all parties and interest groups.

And, by the way, the same ultra capitalistic ideology based on greed is the reason for the current financial crisis in the USA too, or for the ever growing income gap between the small ultra rich minority and the ordinary American citizens, or for there not being much government supported social security for ordinary US citizens (unlike in most European countries, for example), etc.etc...

Edited 2009-08-27 04:17 UTC

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