Oh I haven't mixed up any facts. Capitalism is only viable if you don't mind The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. But that isn't the point here.
The point is, corporations (the result of capitalism) want a bill like this to protect the movies they make, or the software they make whatever But as soon as an individual who works for 'em gets home from a long day at the office, they sure as hell don't want a bill like that to pass.
You think Gates never made himself a mixtape?
My real point was Americans talk about this bill like it will affect open source software, or freedom in general, when in reality it's just an American bill, and it's your OWN freedom and ECONOMY at stake. The rest of the world watches whilst listening to mp3's downloaded from p2p in their own countries. I was trying to get you up in arms (so to speak) before it's too late.
And don't try to think your economy wouldn't be in trouble with a bill like this. If suddenly everyone's VCR or shiny new DVD player or PC couldn't handle any of the new emerging "standards" for media? And they couldn't sell them off to buy new ones? And second hand stores? What do they do? And stores that have already pumped their 2003 inventory finances into the new mp3/cd/dvd players or mp3 cell phones? The list goes on and on...
Stand up while you still can. Fight the bill, not me (just some guy)
Because I'll still be using open source software if it does come to pass.
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Re:Socialism vs. Capitalism
Posted by: static on April 11, 2002 04:08 AMCapitalism is only viable if you don't mind
The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
But that isn't the point here.
The point is, corporations (the result of capitalism) want a bill like this
to protect the movies they make, or the software they make
whatever
But as soon as an individual who works for 'em gets home from a long day at the office,
they sure as hell don't want a bill like that to pass.
You think Gates never made himself a mixtape?
My real point was Americans talk about this bill like it will affect open source software, or freedom in general, when in reality it's just an American bill, and it's your OWN freedom and ECONOMY at stake. The rest of the world watches whilst listening to mp3's downloaded from p2p in their own countries. I was trying to get you up in arms (so to speak) before it's too late.
And don't try to think your economy wouldn't be in trouble with a bill like this. If suddenly everyone's VCR or shiny new DVD player or PC couldn't handle any of the new emerging "standards" for media? And they couldn't sell them off to buy new ones? And second hand stores? What do they do? And stores that have already pumped their 2003 inventory finances into the new mp3/cd/dvd players or mp3 cell phones? The list goes on and on...
Stand up while you still can. Fight the bill, not me (just some guy)
Because I'll still be using open source software if it does come to pass.
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