Universal hits MySpace with copyright claim

Free Speech/ Privacy

While I have to Admit that Universal NBC may have a complaint here , I would like to argue that they themselves may want to consider somethings such as: 1.With the fact that registration of myspace is now reaching over 110 million americans (roughly 1/3 of the total population), Universal NBC may be facing a huge paradox,the right to defend thier copyrights vs. The marketplace of ideas. To use an overblown estimate of infringment against a web site is a usual tactic of the mob mentality of recording companies. Remember when empowered by courts to sue individuals (whom are the real pirates), the Record compaines choose to sue children and old people, the prefer thier targets weak and defenseless just as a mob boss does. Unlike Hollywood , who recently arrested the biggest in theater pirate in america, the recording industry really hasn't even attempted to go after true offenders. But, as I stated above now they are trying to use ridculosly over blown damage projections (undoubtedly based on thier insanely over priced 49 cent Compact Discs) to shut down myspace. plain and simple. think about it 150,000 per infringement,how many billions of honest or unintended infringments have occured as well , so thier end demand for sometining like 150 Quadrillion dollars is some thing even News Corp. can't pay. Secondly I would like to know where Doug Morris get's off telling me when and where I can peaceably Assembly, to freely disscuss my religon,my govenment and whatever just happens to piss me off at the moment.say for instance a lawsuit. For years Federal , State and local lawmakers have wanted to regulate the internet,I belive the it is the Supreme Court's job to determine the inherent value or legalities that are paticular to this electrionic fantasyland. The Federal Congress should when such decisions are made re-enforce such decisions at it's perogative of power. I say give Universal NBC it's precious royalties , in exchange for bill of rights protection of the interntet. Also , Give the user of the internet legal and precidented first amendment protoections against lawsuits designed to shut sites down that have a serious amonut of shoppers at that particular marketplace of ideas. An equivalent of NBC Universal's myspace shut down would be Mc Donald's Shutting down Burger King because they invented the fast food concept and want 500.00 for every burger sold that wasn't on thier approved menu. That so outragous I would certainly vote for the corprate death penalty. the reason all this is happening boys and girl's is that the people running this stuff are so old they can't see the future anymore. In that particular regard they are better off dead , at least for us. Gabriel Bell

Posted by: Gabriel Bell 21 Nov 2006