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It's CNN, for goodness sake, and their reporter's entire premise hinges on his false statement that if you buy an e-book "You Own The Content And Can Do What You Like With It".
Other articles on which to comment, and by the way, if you can be charming (which is not my own forte when fighting pirates) you can potentially get good exposure in high profile places.
ZDNET: New House of Representatives bill may strangle the Internet or nerf the First Amendment
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/...
Copyright Alliance:
Rogue websites exist to benefit from the theft of other's intellectual property no one has provided even a single example of a rogue site that contains speech protected by theFirst Amendment.
Helpful Facts:
Myth: "Make no mistake about it, the SOPA legislation is running right up against our First Amendment rights."
Another bad article, needing corrections via comments
Fred Wilson in Business Insider http://www.businessinsider.com/protec...
Good article, needing kudos, tweets, sharing
http://a2im.org/2011/11/03/why-anti-p...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottclel...
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Copyhype: Dispatches from the SOPAcolypse http://www.copyhype.com/2011/11/dispa...
MusicTechPolicy: When you've got them by the bucks, their hearts and minds will follow, Part 2
http://musictechpolicy.wordpress.com/...
Another bad article
Why is Justin Bieber So Pissed Off?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy...
Another ridiculous article to be commented on
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/2011...
Ditto
CNET: Hollywood's Latest Efforts to Turn Back Time
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-201...
http://news.cnet.com/8618-13578_3-201...
WIRED: Venture Capitalists Join Internet Blacklist Bill Backlash
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/garyshapi...
Best,
Rowena Cherry
One fellow says that studio musicians are paid for their recording sessions, and that the same applies to authors of e-books.
As if anyone in their right mind would work for a year or 10 for a one-time fee of $100! (Which he cites as a reasonable payment for a musician.)
http://community.nytimes.com/comments...