Obama Backs MPAA, RIAA, and ACTA 703
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boarder8925 writes "In a move sure to surprise no one, Obama has come out on the side of the MPAA/RIAA and has backed the ACTA: 'We're going to aggressively protect our intellectual property,' Obama said in his speech, 'Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people [...] It is essential to our prosperity and it will only become more so in this century. But it's only a competitive advantage if our companies know that someone else can't just steal that idea and duplicate it with cheaper inputs and labor.'"
We should all copyright... (Score:5, Funny)
... our jobs!
It could have been worse... (Score:4, Funny)
...at least he's not a Republican!
Future wars (Score:3, Funny)
We're going to aggressively protect our intellectual property,
I can't wait until the US launches a pre-emptive military strike against <insert media vilified nation here> for a grave and gathering threat of...copyright infringement!
Re:Let's Do Something (Score:2, Funny)
But what if we don't have any senators? For instance, I live in Massachusetts.
Re:First rebellion (Score:5, Funny)
You mean, we should start to stock ARM netbooks?
Re:Same song (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wild West Internet will be gone (Score:1, Funny)
I find the Citation Needed Police annoying at times
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Re:We should all copyright... (Score:5, Funny)
.....and speeches.
What he wanted to say was: "Our single greatest asset is the innovation of the American people.....innovation and ingenuity.....ingenuity and innovation. Our TWO greatest assets are the innovation and the ingenuity of the American people.....and their creativity.....our THREE greatest assets are the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people.....and an almost fanatical devotion to Hollywood and the RIAA.....our FOUR.....NO.....AMONGST our assets are such elements as innovation, ingenuity and creativity.....I'll come in again...
NOBODY expects the ACTA imposition.
Re:We should all copyright... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Open letter to the United States Government (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Slashdot Official Translation (Score:3, Funny)
Re:First rebellion (Score:1, Funny)
I think there was a reclassification of food assembly as manufacturing. The 14 year old behind the counter at Mcdonalds is now a manufacturing power house.