p2pnet - rss feed: Bush and Kerry on p2p
p2pnet.net News:- With George W. Bush and John Kerry trying to convince American voters that each would be better than the other at running America, p2p file sharing has come up. Kind of.
Predictably, both men are doing their best to dodge around INDUCE, but both seem have views on file sharing and p2p applications.
“President Bush’s campaign says Mr. Bush isn’t in favor of banning peer-to-peer technology because it has legitimate uses, though he wants to vigorously enforce copyright law,” says a September 27 Wall Street Journal story headlined Antipiracy Bill Divides Studios and Tech Companies.
“John Kerry’s campaign says he also supports copyright law, and a spokesman says that ‘widespread sharing and downloading of music, movies and software undermines the incentives of individuals and companies to create new content’.”
Now you know.
=================
See:-
INDUCE - INDUCE fears grow, p2pnet, September 27, 2004
September 28th, 2004 at 1:16 am
In other words, would you sell your soul to the devil (or in this case vote for a complete schmuck) in order to shoot down the INDUCE act?
September 28th, 2004 at 2:27 am
it’s the typical “we’re for it, but we’re against it” remarks. there must be some kind of pleasure about having a fence pole up your butt.
September 28th, 2004 at 3:30 am
As if the things politicians say have anything in common with what they plan to do. This is one issue in which it makes little difference who wins the election. If anyone has any doubt which side,the anti-P2P or pro-P2P lobbies, will win domination of the issue, consider how lopsided those lobbies’ financial wealth is. Does the copyright industry care if Republicans or Democrats control Washington? Of course not, they have it covered either way.
September 28th, 2004 at 5:13 pm
Vote for Bush
September 29th, 2004 at 11:02 pm
Why? Cause you said so? They both suck as far as P2P is concerned but there is a lot more at stake than our ability to swap files.
September 30th, 2004 at 8:36 pm
Check opensecrets.org and see who’s taken most of the movie and music industry donations. Don’t forget it’s Clinton who signed the DMCA and got us into this mess in the first place.