Comments on: When is a pirate not a pirate? http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9137 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:52:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9137/comment-page-1#comment-50813 Reader's Write Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:43:24 +0000 #comment-50813 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/09/1526251 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/09/1526251

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9137/comment-page-1#comment-50657 Reader's Write Fri, 23 Jun 2006 04:32:29 +0000 #comment-50657 "Don't rich countries pirate poor countries' best scientists, engineers, doctors, nurses and programmers?" The article is right on target, but in the above phrase "music" was left out. American music publishers, with their bag of polished legal trick contracts went south and for nothing or a drink (as Cuban claimed in their legal fight in British court) aquired the musical legacy of the poor countries. As a result the most successful music in the world only benefited the Americans who pirated the music. Real piracy here. To understand the problem, this is a must read: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/09/1526251 “Don’t rich countries pirate poor countries’ best scientists, engineers, doctors, nurses and programmers?”

The article is right on target, but in the above phrase “music” was left out. American music publishers, with their bag of polished legal trick contracts went south and for nothing or a drink (as Cuban claimed in their legal fight in British court) aquired the musical legacy of the poor countries. As a result the most successful music in the world only benefited the Americans who pirated the music. Real piracy here.

To understand the problem, this is a must read:
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/09/1526251

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