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Rupert Murdoch's anti-democratic tweets over SOPA/PIPA

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Sam Axe, Jan 19, 2012.

  1. Sam Axe

    Sam Axe Active Member

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    Why is it that when regular citizens express their voices to their elected representatives it is "terrorising", but when corporations like his own lean on Downing St and Congress, that is perfectly acceptable?

    Seems to me the controversy over SOPA and PIPA has revealed once and for all the scale of influence wealthy "special interest" groups have over politicians.

    Is anyone out there still defending Rupert and News Corp as being on the side of the people?
     
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  2. Go G YellowScreen

    Go G YellowScreen Well-Known Member

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    Rupert Murdoch's a busted flush.
     
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  3. Ciaran

    Ciaran Going for 55

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    Rupert Murdoch in hypocracy shocker.
     
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  4. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    I'm beginning to think that SOPA might be a good thing. Services and sites hosted in the US will move to Europe. <ok>
     
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  5. OSP

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    If it means companies in Europe get more of the funny legal threats that the likes of Piratebay post on their site when received, I'm all for it!
     
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  6. Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction

    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction Well-Known Member

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    Basically SOPA is America's admission to it's attitude that they feel they have the right to apply their own rules to the world and the world doesn't have the right to apply the same rules to America. What America wants America gets and while this has been shelved its only a temporary thing, by hook or by crook SOPA will get ratified. The ball will then be in the court of other nations (obviously not sweden as they are America's gimp) to stick the two fingers up to america when they start trying to pursue copyright infringement cases through SOPA on websites not hosted in the US
     
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  7. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

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    Little by little, day by day, the tracking software will increase, the governments will get more of the data, their analysis of that data will become ever more sophisticated, laws will change, sites will be shut down, hackers and downloaders will be scapegoated. The more we live our lives via technology, the more likely Orwell's 1984 will become a reality.
     
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  8. Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction

    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction Well-Known Member

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    Your a ****ing right wing thatcherite. This is the stuff of neo-conservative dreams, should you not be throwing your backing behind it?
     
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  9. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

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    I'm a right wing libertarian.

    Edit: anyway, 1984 was about a socialist state.
     
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  10. Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction

    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction Well-Known Member

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    I know, but a socialist police state isn't too dissimilar to a fascist police state
     
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  11. Sam Axe

    Sam Axe Active Member

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    Pity they won't stick the two fingers up. When America get away with the censorship that SOPA and PIPA will bring it is only a matter of time before other governments do the same.

    If it is ratified and it spreads, I will cancel all of my subscriptions including the Internet and I will never buy DVDs/music/video games again.
     
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  12. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    It already happened.

    Google, Facebook, and Apple own the world now. We gave it to them.
     
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  13. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    If it does get ratified the rest of the world won't follow suit. They'll be too bust making money out of all the sites and services that rush out of the US. The US will cripple their own IT industry.
     
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  14. Go G YellowScreen

    Go G YellowScreen Well-Known Member

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    No, it wasn't.
     
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  15. VenomPD

    VenomPD Merrick jr

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    Agreed, it's a hodge-podge of all totalitarian governments of Orwells time.
     
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