<article>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#article10_03_14_1956251</id>
	<title>Obama Backs MPAA, RIAA, and ACTA</title>
	<author>timothy</author>
	<datestamp>1268556660000</datestamp>
	<htmltext><a href="http://thegreentrilbygmailcom/" rel="nofollow">boarder8925</a> writes <i>"In a move sure to surprise no one, Obama has <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/23002/Obama\_Sides\_with\_RIAA\_MPAA\_Backs\_ACTA">come out on the side of the MPAA/RIAA and has backed the ACTA</a>: '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.'"</i></htmltext>
<tokenext>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 ca n't just steal that idea and duplicate it with cheaper inputs and labor .
' "</tokentext>
<sentencetext>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.
'"</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31486498</id>
	<title>The original idea of copyright in the US</title>
	<author>Quila</author>
	<datestamp>1268686020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>Monopolies are antithetical to an effective economy and thus will not be a foundation, but a burden.</p></div></blockquote><p>The Founders understood this. But they decided in the end that a light burden such as this would in the balance spur more creation than the burden would have hindered. Madison figured this monopoly power could be reigned in by the will of the people should it be abused. Sadly, Madison was a bit naive. Maybe he should have listened to Jefferson more and either abolished this clause or made it much more limited.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Monopolies are antithetical to an effective economy and thus will not be a foundation , but a burden.The Founders understood this .
But they decided in the end that a light burden such as this would in the balance spur more creation than the burden would have hindered .
Madison figured this monopoly power could be reigned in by the will of the people should it be abused .
Sadly , Madison was a bit naive .
Maybe he should have listened to Jefferson more and either abolished this clause or made it much more limited .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Monopolies are antithetical to an effective economy and thus will not be a foundation, but a burden.The Founders understood this.
But they decided in the end that a light burden such as this would in the balance spur more creation than the burden would have hindered.
Madison figured this monopoly power could be reigned in by the will of the people should it be abused.
Sadly, Madison was a bit naive.
Maybe he should have listened to Jefferson more and either abolished this clause or made it much more limited.
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31489716</id>
	<title>Re:Hows that hope and change?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268657460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Hope and Change....was a marketing slogan cooked up to get the sheeple to vote for him.<br>Enjoy your electrolytes.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Hope and Change....was a marketing slogan cooked up to get the sheeple to vote for him.Enjoy your electrolytes .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Hope and Change....was a marketing slogan cooked up to get the sheeple to vote for him.Enjoy your electrolytes.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31480380</id>
	<title>Re:Open letter to the United States Government</title>
	<author>twostix</author>
	<datestamp>1268657880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Redundant</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>In 1910 there was 10\% literacy???</p><p>Hint: If you're going to pull a number out of your backside try to go for something that at least sounds semi-reasonable to the average man.</p><p>I will say if you're the product of one "of the other things funded by government taxation" over the past century then you prove the parents point I'm sorry to say.</p><p>Also in the early 1800's (to go back two hundred years in case you can't count either) there was about 80-90\% literacy and the average ten year old who spent three days a week at the local parish school getting rapped over the knuckles for not deciphering Shakespeare correctly was more literate, articulate and well versed in logic, debate and reason than the vast majority of individuals coming out of the public education system at present.</p><p>Sorry to bring a fact into your hazed pop-culture oriented distortion of history.</p><p>Whatever is necessary to advance your political religion right?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>In 1910 there was 10 \ % literacy ? ?
? Hint : If you 're going to pull a number out of your backside try to go for something that at least sounds semi-reasonable to the average man.I will say if you 're the product of one " of the other things funded by government taxation " over the past century then you prove the parents point I 'm sorry to say.Also in the early 1800 's ( to go back two hundred years in case you ca n't count either ) there was about 80-90 \ % literacy and the average ten year old who spent three days a week at the local parish school getting rapped over the knuckles for not deciphering Shakespeare correctly was more literate , articulate and well versed in logic , debate and reason than the vast majority of individuals coming out of the public education system at present.Sorry to bring a fact into your hazed pop-culture oriented distortion of history.Whatever is necessary to advance your political religion right ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>In 1910 there was 10\% literacy??
?Hint: If you're going to pull a number out of your backside try to go for something that at least sounds semi-reasonable to the average man.I will say if you're the product of one "of the other things funded by government taxation" over the past century then you prove the parents point I'm sorry to say.Also in the early 1800's (to go back two hundred years in case you can't count either) there was about 80-90\% literacy and the average ten year old who spent three days a week at the local parish school getting rapped over the knuckles for not deciphering Shakespeare correctly was more literate, articulate and well versed in logic, debate and reason than the vast majority of individuals coming out of the public education system at present.Sorry to bring a fact into your hazed pop-culture oriented distortion of history.Whatever is necessary to advance your political religion right?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31480628</id>
	<title>Reading comprehension much?</title>
	<author>danaris</author>
	<datestamp>1268660520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p><div class="quote"><p>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy</p></div><p>
Your naivette is refreshing, but I would not like to subscribe to your newsletter.</p></div><p>Could you maybe read what he actually <i>said</i> (and if you want to use the word, learn to spell "na&#239;vet&#233;", good grief!)?</p><p>Can you in any way deny that President Obama is <b>more</b> tech-savvy than <b>any President prior</b>?  Do you think Bush II was more tech-savvy than Obama?  Clinton?  Bush I?  I very much doubt it.</p><p>Dan Aris</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy Your naivette is refreshing , but I would not like to subscribe to your newsletter.Could you maybe read what he actually said ( and if you want to use the word , learn to spell " na   vet   " , good grief !
) ? Can you in any way deny that President Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior ?
Do you think Bush II was more tech-savvy than Obama ?
Clinton ? Bush I ?
I very much doubt it.Dan Aris</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy
Your naivette is refreshing, but I would not like to subscribe to your newsletter.Could you maybe read what he actually said (and if you want to use the word, learn to spell "naïveté", good grief!
)?Can you in any way deny that President Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior?
Do you think Bush II was more tech-savvy than Obama?
Clinton?  Bush I?
I very much doubt it.Dan Aris
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474592</id>
	<title>Come on...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268561160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>There's no surprise here.  Big business runs Washington.  The government will never, NEVER oppose the agenda of the entertainment industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the AMA, the NRA, or the energy industries.  I will be shocked if the health care overhaul that is eventually passed doesn't somehow infringe on the health insurance cartel's current way of doing business.</htmltext>
<tokenext>There 's no surprise here .
Big business runs Washington .
The government will never , NEVER oppose the agenda of the entertainment industry , the pharmaceutical industry , the AMA , the NRA , or the energy industries .
I will be shocked if the health care overhaul that is eventually passed does n't somehow infringe on the health insurance cartel 's current way of doing business .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>There's no surprise here.
Big business runs Washington.
The government will never, NEVER oppose the agenda of the entertainment industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the AMA, the NRA, or the energy industries.
I will be shocked if the health care overhaul that is eventually passed doesn't somehow infringe on the health insurance cartel's current way of doing business.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475744</id>
	<title>Re:Unrealistic World View</title>
	<author>16384</author>
	<datestamp>1268568780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>In my opinion it's much worse than that. We are not that good at creating new things, but are extremely good at learning and adapting existing things. By enforcing excessive restrictions on copying we are limiting progress, and I think it goes against what we normally would do. While I think there should be some provision to reward the original creator(s) of the works (such as a limited time copyright) the present system goes WAY too far and is clearly excessive.</htmltext>
<tokenext>In my opinion it 's much worse than that .
We are not that good at creating new things , but are extremely good at learning and adapting existing things .
By enforcing excessive restrictions on copying we are limiting progress , and I think it goes against what we normally would do .
While I think there should be some provision to reward the original creator ( s ) of the works ( such as a limited time copyright ) the present system goes WAY too far and is clearly excessive .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>In my opinion it's much worse than that.
We are not that good at creating new things, but are extremely good at learning and adapting existing things.
By enforcing excessive restrictions on copying we are limiting progress, and I think it goes against what we normally would do.
While I think there should be some provision to reward the original creator(s) of the works (such as a limited time copyright) the present system goes WAY too far and is clearly excessive.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31479136</id>
	<title>Re:Let's Do Something</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268645040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Unprecendented openness... ha ha ha</p><p>ACTA is a perfect example...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Unprecendented openness... ha ha haACTA is a perfect example.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Unprecendented openness... ha ha haACTA is a perfect example...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474966</id>
	<title>Re:Same song</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268563440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>And fooled again...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>And fooled again.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>And fooled again...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474940</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>laron</author>
	<datestamp>1268563260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Yep. Microcode and entertainment are both considered IP. American Pizza baked by Tajik immigrants and delivered by your local Mafia chapter remains a bit of a mystery.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Yep .
Microcode and entertainment are both considered IP .
American Pizza baked by Tajik immigrants and delivered by your local Mafia chapter remains a bit of a mystery .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yep.
Microcode and entertainment are both considered IP.
American Pizza baked by Tajik immigrants and delivered by your local Mafia chapter remains a bit of a mystery.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475040</id>
	<title>Re:Let's Do Something</title>
	<author>shoehornjob</author>
	<datestamp>1268563920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext>This will not work because you don't have any MONEY. It always amazes me how people think they can influence the political climate by banding together and making their voices heard. Do you really think that politician x will hear you as he is being bought off by various corporate interests? Welcome to the new corporate America. Mod me how you like but we all live in this world...some of us can't quite see it yet.</htmltext>
<tokenext>This will not work because you do n't have any MONEY .
It always amazes me how people think they can influence the political climate by banding together and making their voices heard .
Do you really think that politician x will hear you as he is being bought off by various corporate interests ?
Welcome to the new corporate America .
Mod me how you like but we all live in this world...some of us ca n't quite see it yet .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This will not work because you don't have any MONEY.
It always amazes me how people think they can influence the political climate by banding together and making their voices heard.
Do you really think that politician x will hear you as he is being bought off by various corporate interests?
Welcome to the new corporate America.
Mod me how you like but we all live in this world...some of us can't quite see it yet.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475052</id>
	<title>Re:Nigger.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268563980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>+1</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>+ 1</tokentext>
<sentencetext>+1</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475008</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>HalAtWork</author>
	<datestamp>1268563680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Makes it that much easier to ignore us then.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Makes it that much easier to ignore us then .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Makes it that much easier to ignore us then.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475844</id>
	<title>I lol'd</title>
	<author>nataflux</author>
	<datestamp>1268569620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>"innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people"

except the average american doesn't produce original content, in fact the average american listens to copyrighted mainstream garbage every day

just finalizing proof that our administration only cares about the mega companies</htmltext>
<tokenext>" innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people " except the average american does n't produce original content , in fact the average american listens to copyrighted mainstream garbage every day just finalizing proof that our administration only cares about the mega companies</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people"

except the average american doesn't produce original content, in fact the average american listens to copyrighted mainstream garbage every day

just finalizing proof that our administration only cares about the mega companies</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476536</id>
	<title>Re:Very misleading article</title>
	<author>c0lo</author>
	<datestamp>1268574720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>This is completely incorrect.  The European Parliament have demanded that the European Commission make public the nature of its discussions in the ACTA negotiations, and the EU Privacy Commissioner has expressed concern that the treaty might be incompatible with existing EU law, but the parliament have not passed any resolutions regarding the content of the treaty itself (not least because it's secret, so they don't know what it says).</p><p>The process through which the ACTA has be created is highly suspect but it does its opponents no service if those who campaign against it can't present an accurate case.</p></div><p> <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/european-parliament-unites-against-3-strikes-acta-secrecy.ars" title="arstechnica.com" rel="nofollow">Signals of common-sense still exists</a> [arstechnica.com] </p><blockquote><div><p>The resolution does not call for ACTA to scrapped, however. Instead, negotiations should center only on more effective "counterfeiting" enforcement. As Engstr&#246;m put it in a blog post on the new resolution, "If there is to be an ACTA agreement, the parliament wants it to be about combating goods counterfeiting (i.e., fake Rolexes and hand bags, fake Viagra on the net, fake cigarettes that are even more harmful that proper ones, etc.). It should not be about restricting our fundamental civil liberties on the net... Today is a day when it feels good to be a Pirate in the European Parliament."</p></div></blockquote><p>
To be noted that the ACTA treaty will need to be ratified by the EU <i>Parliament</i>, thus it <i>seems</i> that there are still hopes in regarding this.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>This is completely incorrect .
The European Parliament have demanded that the European Commission make public the nature of its discussions in the ACTA negotiations , and the EU Privacy Commissioner has expressed concern that the treaty might be incompatible with existing EU law , but the parliament have not passed any resolutions regarding the content of the treaty itself ( not least because it 's secret , so they do n't know what it says ) .The process through which the ACTA has be created is highly suspect but it does its opponents no service if those who campaign against it ca n't present an accurate case .
Signals of common-sense still exists [ arstechnica.com ] The resolution does not call for ACTA to scrapped , however .
Instead , negotiations should center only on more effective " counterfeiting " enforcement .
As Engstr   m put it in a blog post on the new resolution , " If there is to be an ACTA agreement , the parliament wants it to be about combating goods counterfeiting ( i.e. , fake Rolexes and hand bags , fake Viagra on the net , fake cigarettes that are even more harmful that proper ones , etc. ) .
It should not be about restricting our fundamental civil liberties on the net... Today is a day when it feels good to be a Pirate in the European Parliament .
" To be noted that the ACTA treaty will need to be ratified by the EU Parliament , thus it seems that there are still hopes in regarding this .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This is completely incorrect.
The European Parliament have demanded that the European Commission make public the nature of its discussions in the ACTA negotiations, and the EU Privacy Commissioner has expressed concern that the treaty might be incompatible with existing EU law, but the parliament have not passed any resolutions regarding the content of the treaty itself (not least because it's secret, so they don't know what it says).The process through which the ACTA has be created is highly suspect but it does its opponents no service if those who campaign against it can't present an accurate case.
Signals of common-sense still exists [arstechnica.com] The resolution does not call for ACTA to scrapped, however.
Instead, negotiations should center only on more effective "counterfeiting" enforcement.
As Engström put it in a blog post on the new resolution, "If there is to be an ACTA agreement, the parliament wants it to be about combating goods counterfeiting (i.e., fake Rolexes and hand bags, fake Viagra on the net, fake cigarettes that are even more harmful that proper ones, etc.).
It should not be about restricting our fundamental civil liberties on the net... Today is a day when it feels good to be a Pirate in the European Parliament.
"
To be noted that the ACTA treaty will need to be ratified by the EU Parliament, thus it seems that there are still hopes in regarding this.
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474802</id>
	<title>What intellectual property?</title>
	<author>whizbang77045</author>
	<datestamp>1268562540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>The only "ideas" being defended here that I can see are audio and video (and maybe, text). Sorry, but once the digital revolution hit, Pandeora's box was opened. They can pass all the laws they want to, but they'll be almost impossible to enforce.

Second, the duration of copyrights has been extended, not because it makes sense, but because large corporations, many of them foreign, lobbied in this direction. Whatever happened to the voice of the people?

We need shorter copyright terms, and reasonably priced content. The reasons for piracy would largely disappear, as would the reasons to need still  more lawyers and law enforcement personnel.</htmltext>
<tokenext>The only " ideas " being defended here that I can see are audio and video ( and maybe , text ) .
Sorry , but once the digital revolution hit , Pandeora 's box was opened .
They can pass all the laws they want to , but they 'll be almost impossible to enforce .
Second , the duration of copyrights has been extended , not because it makes sense , but because large corporations , many of them foreign , lobbied in this direction .
Whatever happened to the voice of the people ?
We need shorter copyright terms , and reasonably priced content .
The reasons for piracy would largely disappear , as would the reasons to need still more lawyers and law enforcement personnel .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The only "ideas" being defended here that I can see are audio and video (and maybe, text).
Sorry, but once the digital revolution hit, Pandeora's box was opened.
They can pass all the laws they want to, but they'll be almost impossible to enforce.
Second, the duration of copyrights has been extended, not because it makes sense, but because large corporations, many of them foreign, lobbied in this direction.
Whatever happened to the voice of the people?
We need shorter copyright terms, and reasonably priced content.
The reasons for piracy would largely disappear, as would the reasons to need still  more lawyers and law enforcement personnel.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474884</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>QuantumPion</author>
	<datestamp>1268563020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The so-called Coffee Party is actually just another <a href="http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010/03/03/ny-times-washington-post-hide-phony-coffee-party-astroturf-roots-at-the-ny-times/" title="bigjournalism.com">astroturf</a> [bigjournalism.com] wing of the Obama campaign machine.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The so-called Coffee Party is actually just another astroturf [ bigjournalism.com ] wing of the Obama campaign machine .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The so-called Coffee Party is actually just another astroturf [bigjournalism.com] wing of the Obama campaign machine.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474976</id>
	<title>Surprise!</title>
	<author>paxcoder</author>
	<datestamp>1268563560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity</p></div><p>...and surprise.</p><p>Because noone expects American invasion!<br>(jk - we do)</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity...and surprise.Because noone expects American invasion !
( jk - we do )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity...and surprise.Because noone expects American invasion!
(jk - we do)
	</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475992</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>dkleinsc</author>
	<datestamp>1268570940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>3 candidates I can think of off the top of my head that would have not taken this kind of stand in favor of big business:<br>- Ralph Nader, because he's built his entire career on going after corporate chicanery.<br>- Ron Paul, because he as a general rule doesn't want the federal government to either support or oppose a particular industry or business model.<br>- Dennis Kucinich, because he's consistently advocated the use of government power to put a check on big business's abuses of their power going back to his days as mayor of Cleveland.</p><p>Notice how seriously anyone in the mainstream media took either of their campaigns (for instance, asking Kucinich about UFOs rather than health care or Iraq).</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>3 candidates I can think of off the top of my head that would have not taken this kind of stand in favor of big business : - Ralph Nader , because he 's built his entire career on going after corporate chicanery.- Ron Paul , because he as a general rule does n't want the federal government to either support or oppose a particular industry or business model.- Dennis Kucinich , because he 's consistently advocated the use of government power to put a check on big business 's abuses of their power going back to his days as mayor of Cleveland.Notice how seriously anyone in the mainstream media took either of their campaigns ( for instance , asking Kucinich about UFOs rather than health care or Iraq ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>3 candidates I can think of off the top of my head that would have not taken this kind of stand in favor of big business:- Ralph Nader, because he's built his entire career on going after corporate chicanery.- Ron Paul, because he as a general rule doesn't want the federal government to either support or oppose a particular industry or business model.- Dennis Kucinich, because he's consistently advocated the use of government power to put a check on big business's abuses of their power going back to his days as mayor of Cleveland.Notice how seriously anyone in the mainstream media took either of their campaigns (for instance, asking Kucinich about UFOs rather than health care or Iraq).</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31481258</id>
	<title>Germany?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268664240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Really?</p><p>BRIC countries:</p><p>Brazil<br>Russia<br>India<br>China</p><p>Those are the emerging forces in the world, FYI.  Germany has strong sectors, but they are not stealing America's manufacturing.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Really ? BRIC countries : BrazilRussiaIndiaChinaThose are the emerging forces in the world , FYI .
Germany has strong sectors , but they are not stealing America 's manufacturing .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Really?BRIC countries:BrazilRussiaIndiaChinaThose are the emerging forces in the world, FYI.
Germany has strong sectors, but they are not stealing America's manufacturing.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474658</id>
	<title>Future wars</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268561640000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>We're going to <b>aggressively</b> protect our intellectual property,</i></p><p>I can't wait until the US launches a pre-emptive military strike against &lt;insert media vilified nation here&gt; for a grave and gathering threat of...copyright infringement!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>We 're going to aggressively protect our intellectual property,I ca n't wait until the US launches a pre-emptive military strike against for a grave and gathering threat of...copyright infringement !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>We're going to aggressively protect our intellectual property,I can't wait until the US launches a pre-emptive military strike against  for a grave and gathering threat of...copyright infringement!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478660</id>
	<title>Re:I really despise obama now.</title>
	<author>sonicmerlin</author>
	<datestamp>1268595180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Except...he's let the banks and Wall Street get away with every crime they committed that resulted in our economy nearly falling off a precipice.  His banking reforms are pathetic cop-outs to Wall Street, and nothing has changed in that sector.  He reappointed Timothy Geithner as Treasury head and had him write the reforms, which is just insane as the guy is pure evil.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Except...he 's let the banks and Wall Street get away with every crime they committed that resulted in our economy nearly falling off a precipice .
His banking reforms are pathetic cop-outs to Wall Street , and nothing has changed in that sector .
He reappointed Timothy Geithner as Treasury head and had him write the reforms , which is just insane as the guy is pure evil .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Except...he's let the banks and Wall Street get away with every crime they committed that resulted in our economy nearly falling off a precipice.
His banking reforms are pathetic cop-outs to Wall Street, and nothing has changed in that sector.
He reappointed Timothy Geithner as Treasury head and had him write the reforms, which is just insane as the guy is pure evil.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474520</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>Shadow of Eternity</author>
	<datestamp>1268560620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>"Rampant" piracy? I suppose that's why they've pulled not just record profits pretty much every year but also almost always had a record breaking increase over the previous year's record breaking profits as well.</p><p>Their piracy figures, when they aren't just plain made up, are them saying "We expected this much of an increase over last year's profits and we actually got this slightly lower amount so since we didn't overshoot our initial prediction by 500\% that 500\% must have been lost due to piracy."</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>" Rampant " piracy ?
I suppose that 's why they 've pulled not just record profits pretty much every year but also almost always had a record breaking increase over the previous year 's record breaking profits as well.Their piracy figures , when they are n't just plain made up , are them saying " We expected this much of an increase over last year 's profits and we actually got this slightly lower amount so since we did n't overshoot our initial prediction by 500 \ % that 500 \ % must have been lost due to piracy .
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"Rampant" piracy?
I suppose that's why they've pulled not just record profits pretty much every year but also almost always had a record breaking increase over the previous year's record breaking profits as well.Their piracy figures, when they aren't just plain made up, are them saying "We expected this much of an increase over last year's profits and we actually got this slightly lower amount so since we didn't overshoot our initial prediction by 500\% that 500\% must have been lost due to piracy.
"</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475018</id>
	<title>Re:Open letter to the United States Government</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268563800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext>None of those taxes existed 100 years ago, and we were the most prosperous nation. Sure. We also had nearly 10\% illiteracy nationwide, no highways or telephone network, or dozens of other things funded by government taxation that have enabled economic expansion over the past century. And if we're no longer the most populous nation, the ones that are outperforming us actually tax quite a bit more heavily than we do.</htmltext>
<tokenext>None of those taxes existed 100 years ago , and we were the most prosperous nation .
Sure. We also had nearly 10 \ % illiteracy nationwide , no highways or telephone network , or dozens of other things funded by government taxation that have enabled economic expansion over the past century .
And if we 're no longer the most populous nation , the ones that are outperforming us actually tax quite a bit more heavily than we do .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>None of those taxes existed 100 years ago, and we were the most prosperous nation.
Sure. We also had nearly 10\% illiteracy nationwide, no highways or telephone network, or dozens of other things funded by government taxation that have enabled economic expansion over the past century.
And if we're no longer the most populous nation, the ones that are outperforming us actually tax quite a bit more heavily than we do.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476388</id>
	<title>Re:Holy flamebait batman</title>
	<author>shoehornjob</author>
	<datestamp>1268573760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Flaimbait indeed. Seriously though, I'm a relative newbie to this site and I have never seen bias of any kind here. lol</htmltext>
<tokenext>Flaimbait indeed .
Seriously though , I 'm a relative newbie to this site and I have never seen bias of any kind here .
lol</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Flaimbait indeed.
Seriously though, I'm a relative newbie to this site and I have never seen bias of any kind here.
lol</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31479414</id>
	<title>Re:Let's Do Something</title>
	<author>TheVelvetFlamebait</author>
	<datestamp>1268648040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>These "imbalances" are not really different from other trade issues. I imagine that the countries will be expected to pick up their game, or face trade sanctions. Eventually, it will be a net gain for the US.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>These " imbalances " are not really different from other trade issues .
I imagine that the countries will be expected to pick up their game , or face trade sanctions .
Eventually , it will be a net gain for the US .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>These "imbalances" are not really different from other trade issues.
I imagine that the countries will be expected to pick up their game, or face trade sanctions.
Eventually, it will be a net gain for the US.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31479812</id>
	<title>Re:"Single greatest" = "sole remaining" amirite?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268652120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Although Edison is given a lot of credit for inventing, truth is he ran the business just like a lot like a lot of modern companies. So rather than actually inventing something, he'd buy out somebody elses invention and take the credit. The real father of embrace and extinguish, if you care to look at it that way. (And most people think the Tesla story had some glaring revelations about Edison.)</p><p>For instance, did you know that the original Edison cameras and projectors only had friction feed and tended to bind up and malfunction often? So Edison's company ends up buying out Edward H. Amet's Magniscope such that he could acquire the 35mm film format and the all-important sprocket feed that has been pretty much used ever since. (If you hunt hard enough, you can find an old history book or two or even the pre-buyout patent description.) And I'm sure there's quite a few other camera innovators from that era which were acquisitions. (They paid well though. A hundred thousand or so back then is like a million today, but that was still peanuts to Edison's company. Also just like large companies today, they bullied with thier other patent holdings. It was just easier to accept the buyout and move on.) But in the end, just like modern large corporations - Edison ends up controlling all the important patents that affect the market and having an effective monopoly. Today we see the same kind of thing with how DVD formats, codecs, and DRM schemes are handled.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Although Edison is given a lot of credit for inventing , truth is he ran the business just like a lot like a lot of modern companies .
So rather than actually inventing something , he 'd buy out somebody elses invention and take the credit .
The real father of embrace and extinguish , if you care to look at it that way .
( And most people think the Tesla story had some glaring revelations about Edison .
) For instance , did you know that the original Edison cameras and projectors only had friction feed and tended to bind up and malfunction often ?
So Edison 's company ends up buying out Edward H. Amet 's Magniscope such that he could acquire the 35mm film format and the all-important sprocket feed that has been pretty much used ever since .
( If you hunt hard enough , you can find an old history book or two or even the pre-buyout patent description .
) And I 'm sure there 's quite a few other camera innovators from that era which were acquisitions .
( They paid well though .
A hundred thousand or so back then is like a million today , but that was still peanuts to Edison 's company .
Also just like large companies today , they bullied with thier other patent holdings .
It was just easier to accept the buyout and move on .
) But in the end , just like modern large corporations - Edison ends up controlling all the important patents that affect the market and having an effective monopoly .
Today we see the same kind of thing with how DVD formats , codecs , and DRM schemes are handled .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Although Edison is given a lot of credit for inventing, truth is he ran the business just like a lot like a lot of modern companies.
So rather than actually inventing something, he'd buy out somebody elses invention and take the credit.
The real father of embrace and extinguish, if you care to look at it that way.
(And most people think the Tesla story had some glaring revelations about Edison.
)For instance, did you know that the original Edison cameras and projectors only had friction feed and tended to bind up and malfunction often?
So Edison's company ends up buying out Edward H. Amet's Magniscope such that he could acquire the 35mm film format and the all-important sprocket feed that has been pretty much used ever since.
(If you hunt hard enough, you can find an old history book or two or even the pre-buyout patent description.
) And I'm sure there's quite a few other camera innovators from that era which were acquisitions.
(They paid well though.
A hundred thousand or so back then is like a million today, but that was still peanuts to Edison's company.
Also just like large companies today, they bullied with thier other patent holdings.
It was just easier to accept the buyout and move on.
) But in the end, just like modern large corporations - Edison ends up controlling all the important patents that affect the market and having an effective monopoly.
Today we see the same kind of thing with how DVD formats, codecs, and DRM schemes are handled.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474544</id>
	<title>Fuck you Obama.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268560800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>You son of a bitch.  I can't believe I voted for you.  You asshole.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>You son of a bitch .
I ca n't believe I voted for you .
You asshole .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You son of a bitch.
I can't believe I voted for you.
You asshole.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476238</id>
	<title>Thanks a lot, President O</title>
	<author>Khan</author>
	<datestamp>1268572680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Well, its obvious that your true colors (the color of $$) have been reveled....just like your predecessor that pushed the DMCA into our lives. All I have to say is FU, Mr. Obama!. And FU Bill Clinton you c0cksuck3r! I am truly ashamed to have voted for either of you. Change is coming alright....it's just not what we were lead to believe. Don't worry, change is going to come during the next elections when I help vote your sorry ass out of office.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Well , its obvious that your true colors ( the color of $ $ ) have been reveled....just like your predecessor that pushed the DMCA into our lives .
All I have to say is FU , Mr. Obama ! . And FU Bill Clinton you c0cksuck3r !
I am truly ashamed to have voted for either of you .
Change is coming alright....it 's just not what we were lead to believe .
Do n't worry , change is going to come during the next elections when I help vote your sorry ass out of office .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Well, its obvious that your true colors (the color of $$) have been reveled....just like your predecessor that pushed the DMCA into our lives.
All I have to say is FU, Mr. Obama!. And FU Bill Clinton you c0cksuck3r!
I am truly ashamed to have voted for either of you.
Change is coming alright....it's just not what we were lead to believe.
Don't worry, change is going to come during the next elections when I help vote your sorry ass out of office.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31490312</id>
	<title>Re:Reading comprehension much?</title>
	<author>RightwingNutjob</author>
	<datestamp>1268660880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p> (and if you want to use the word, learn to spell "na&#239;vet&#233;", good grief!)?</p></div><p>
I'll give you the extraneous 't', but you can pry the lack of funny marks over the vowels from my cold, dead hands.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>( and if you want to use the word , learn to spell " na   vet   " , good grief ! ) ?
I 'll give you the extraneous 't ' , but you can pry the lack of funny marks over the vowels from my cold , dead hands .</tokentext>
<sentencetext> (and if you want to use the word, learn to spell "naïveté", good grief!)?
I'll give you the extraneous 't', but you can pry the lack of funny marks over the vowels from my cold, dead hands.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477932</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>CodeBuster</author>
	<datestamp>1268585580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>what else is America selling abroad?</p></div><p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_Dollar" title="wikipedia.org">dollar</a> [wikipedia.org]? It is rather strange that foreigners continue to give us real things in exchange for pieces of paper, but that seems to be the way of things.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>what else is America selling abroad ? The dollar [ wikipedia.org ] ?
It is rather strange that foreigners continue to give us real things in exchange for pieces of paper , but that seems to be the way of things .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>what else is America selling abroad?The dollar [wikipedia.org]?
It is rather strange that foreigners continue to give us real things in exchange for pieces of paper, but that seems to be the way of things.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475600</id>
	<title>Re:Unrealistic World View</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268567700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>What's an "outdated business model"? Trying to sell digital goods?</htmltext>
<tokenext>What 's an " outdated business model " ?
Trying to sell digital goods ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What's an "outdated business model"?
Trying to sell digital goods?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474732</id>
	<title>Slashdot Official Translation</title>
	<author>Dystopian Rebel</author>
	<datestamp>1268562240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>'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.'</p><p>TRANSLATION:</p><p>"Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and the creativity of the American <b>Lawyer</b>. As our education system collapses and laziness and ignorance steadily increase until the Constitution is entirely without meaning and it becomes impossible for our society to function without coercion -- we expect lawyers to bring home enough cash to sustain not just their coke habits but also our military... with a small amount of funds possibly left over for health care (but don't bet on it). We won't have the money in this century to bully anyone with our military capabilities, so we're counting on our lawyers to win the important battles."</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>'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 ca n't just steal that idea and duplicate it with cheaper inputs and labor .
'TRANSLATION : " Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and the creativity of the American Lawyer .
As our education system collapses and laziness and ignorance steadily increase until the Constitution is entirely without meaning and it becomes impossible for our society to function without coercion -- we expect lawyers to bring home enough cash to sustain not just their coke habits but also our military... with a small amount of funds possibly left over for health care ( but do n't bet on it ) .
We wo n't have the money in this century to bully anyone with our military capabilities , so we 're counting on our lawyers to win the important battles .
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>'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.
'TRANSLATION:"Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and the creativity of the American Lawyer.
As our education system collapses and laziness and ignorance steadily increase until the Constitution is entirely without meaning and it becomes impossible for our society to function without coercion -- we expect lawyers to bring home enough cash to sustain not just their coke habits but also our military... with a small amount of funds possibly left over for health care (but don't bet on it).
We won't have the money in this century to bully anyone with our military capabilities, so we're counting on our lawyers to win the important battles.
"</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476764</id>
	<title>Re:I really despise obama now.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268576160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Obama is a candidate of the center (or center left), which practically by definition does not attract many angry ranters, in particular, none with their own radio talk shows and rabid drive-time audiences.</p><p>The right attacks him as Socialist, Marxist, Communist, apologist for America, moonbat, etc.</p><p>The left attacks him as a corporate sellout, Bush clone, etc.</p><p>In fact, he's none of the above.   There are many, many key policies on which he differs sharply from Bush.  But he understands that as President of the United States, he needs to try to represent all of its essential interests, not just those of particular groups that backed him or would be useful for his campaign.   And he knows that good intentions don't count, what counts is what he actually manages to pass into law, and that requires negotiation and compromise.  When you do that, you piss off a lot of people, and he knows that's part of the job.  Health care reform and Afghanistan are Exhibit A and B.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Obama is a candidate of the center ( or center left ) , which practically by definition does not attract many angry ranters , in particular , none with their own radio talk shows and rabid drive-time audiences.The right attacks him as Socialist , Marxist , Communist , apologist for America , moonbat , etc.The left attacks him as a corporate sellout , Bush clone , etc.In fact , he 's none of the above .
There are many , many key policies on which he differs sharply from Bush .
But he understands that as President of the United States , he needs to try to represent all of its essential interests , not just those of particular groups that backed him or would be useful for his campaign .
And he knows that good intentions do n't count , what counts is what he actually manages to pass into law , and that requires negotiation and compromise .
When you do that , you piss off a lot of people , and he knows that 's part of the job .
Health care reform and Afghanistan are Exhibit A and B .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Obama is a candidate of the center (or center left), which practically by definition does not attract many angry ranters, in particular, none with their own radio talk shows and rabid drive-time audiences.The right attacks him as Socialist, Marxist, Communist, apologist for America, moonbat, etc.The left attacks him as a corporate sellout, Bush clone, etc.In fact, he's none of the above.
There are many, many key policies on which he differs sharply from Bush.
But he understands that as President of the United States, he needs to try to represent all of its essential interests, not just those of particular groups that backed him or would be useful for his campaign.
And he knows that good intentions don't count, what counts is what he actually manages to pass into law, and that requires negotiation and compromise.
When you do that, you piss off a lot of people, and he knows that's part of the job.
Health care reform and Afghanistan are Exhibit A and B.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474554</id>
	<title>Same song</title>
	<author>Airline\_Sickness\_Bag</author>
	<datestamp>1268560860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Meet the new boss .
Same as the old boss .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Meet the new boss.
Same as the old boss.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475624</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>swilver</author>
	<datestamp>1268567940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Yep, they understood.  What they apparently still don't understand is that a country that only produces goods that can be copied easily for practically zero costs might not be the best bet.</p><p>That and of course the drag on the economy from more and more money draining in black holes over patents, copyright and other IP law (I don't think that sueing an American company over a patent by another American company will do much good to the economy as a whole).</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Yep , they understood .
What they apparently still do n't understand is that a country that only produces goods that can be copied easily for practically zero costs might not be the best bet.That and of course the drag on the economy from more and more money draining in black holes over patents , copyright and other IP law ( I do n't think that sueing an American company over a patent by another American company will do much good to the economy as a whole ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yep, they understood.
What they apparently still don't understand is that a country that only produces goods that can be copied easily for practically zero costs might not be the best bet.That and of course the drag on the economy from more and more money draining in black holes over patents, copyright and other IP law (I don't think that sueing an American company over a patent by another American company will do much good to the economy as a whole).</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476074</id>
	<title>Re:Let's Do Something</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268571540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy</p></div><p>
Your naivette is refreshing, but I would not like to subscribe to your newsletter.
<br> <br>
Having an ipod doesn't make you tech-savvy. Neither does having a cool campaign website or having a twitter feed. The man's just as clueless about the nuts and bolts of tech and tech policy as any other career politician whose education was in the law and not in engineering. The only branch of government that's historically had any semblance of a clue about tech has been the military, and even then, they farm most of the heavy thinking out to academia and defense contractors, those being the people who actually understand this stuff by virtue of having created it.
<br> <br>
That's why any government involvement in tech policy should be approached with caution. In the case of the military, it's tapping an existing source of knowledge, and it happens to have some good side effects in the civilian world (medicine, materials science, computers, etc). In the case of legislation, it's awfully close to the Indiana pi bill.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy Your naivette is refreshing , but I would not like to subscribe to your newsletter .
Having an ipod does n't make you tech-savvy .
Neither does having a cool campaign website or having a twitter feed .
The man 's just as clueless about the nuts and bolts of tech and tech policy as any other career politician whose education was in the law and not in engineering .
The only branch of government that 's historically had any semblance of a clue about tech has been the military , and even then , they farm most of the heavy thinking out to academia and defense contractors , those being the people who actually understand this stuff by virtue of having created it .
That 's why any government involvement in tech policy should be approached with caution .
In the case of the military , it 's tapping an existing source of knowledge , and it happens to have some good side effects in the civilian world ( medicine , materials science , computers , etc ) .
In the case of legislation , it 's awfully close to the Indiana pi bill .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy
Your naivette is refreshing, but I would not like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Having an ipod doesn't make you tech-savvy.
Neither does having a cool campaign website or having a twitter feed.
The man's just as clueless about the nuts and bolts of tech and tech policy as any other career politician whose education was in the law and not in engineering.
The only branch of government that's historically had any semblance of a clue about tech has been the military, and even then, they farm most of the heavy thinking out to academia and defense contractors, those being the people who actually understand this stuff by virtue of having created it.
That's why any government involvement in tech policy should be approached with caution.
In the case of the military, it's tapping an existing source of knowledge, and it happens to have some good side effects in the civilian world (medicine, materials science, computers, etc).
In the case of legislation, it's awfully close to the Indiana pi bill.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475384</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268565900000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><nobr> <wbr></nobr></p><div class="quote"><p>... I'm just asking:


What would we expect from <i>any</i> President? Pick anyone from the last batch, or even the next batch, of candidates. Do you think any one of them wouldn't back big business in this situation?</p></div><p> Ron Paul?</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>... I 'm just asking : What would we expect from any President ?
Pick anyone from the last batch , or even the next batch , of candidates .
Do you think any one of them would n't back big business in this situation ?
Ron Paul ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext> ... I'm just asking:


What would we expect from any President?
Pick anyone from the last batch, or even the next batch, of candidates.
Do you think any one of them wouldn't back big business in this situation?
Ron Paul?
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475634</id>
	<title>I have a cute new nickname for the US president</title>
	<author>celibate for life</author>
	<datestamp>1268568060000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>OBAMAA</htmltext>
<tokenext>OBAMAA</tokentext>
<sentencetext>OBAMAA</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474574</id>
	<title>Logical</title>
	<author>AceJohnny</author>
	<datestamp>1268560980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Those up high have understood that the USA's commercial future is not in manufacturing (they left that to China or Germany). If it's not physical goods, then what else is America selling abroad? IP, that's what. That's where the USA's commercial future lies, and that's what it'll have to defend at all costs, trampling their people's and other nation's right to defend that.</p><p>It's that or become insolvent. (look up the USA's trade balance over the last few 20 years. Think it'll improve? Think again.)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Those up high have understood that the USA 's commercial future is not in manufacturing ( they left that to China or Germany ) .
If it 's not physical goods , then what else is America selling abroad ?
IP , that 's what .
That 's where the USA 's commercial future lies , and that 's what it 'll have to defend at all costs , trampling their people 's and other nation 's right to defend that.It 's that or become insolvent .
( look up the USA 's trade balance over the last few 20 years .
Think it 'll improve ?
Think again .
)</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Those up high have understood that the USA's commercial future is not in manufacturing (they left that to China or Germany).
If it's not physical goods, then what else is America selling abroad?
IP, that's what.
That's where the USA's commercial future lies, and that's what it'll have to defend at all costs, trampling their people's and other nation's right to defend that.It's that or become insolvent.
(look up the USA's trade balance over the last few 20 years.
Think it'll improve?
Think again.
)</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477132</id>
	<title>Re:Nigger.</title>
	<author>PopeRatzo</author>
	<datestamp>1268578500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Senator McCain, there's no reason to start name-calling.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Senator McCain , there 's no reason to start name-calling .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Senator McCain, there's no reason to start name-calling.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476402</id>
	<title>Re:Is anyone really surprised by this?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268573880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>maybe because he's an idiot that believes the republican party and john mccain is his friend.</p><p>and indeed he is an idiot.</p><p>similar to a variant of idiots that believe the democratic party and obama is THEIR friend.</p><p>either way, both of you are fucked.  and the two of you are going to work together, perhaps unknowingly, to fuck over a whole lot of people.</p><p>if both groups, including you, ended up killing each other.   that would be win win situation in my mind.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>maybe because he 's an idiot that believes the republican party and john mccain is his friend.and indeed he is an idiot.similar to a variant of idiots that believe the democratic party and obama is THEIR friend.either way , both of you are fucked .
and the two of you are going to work together , perhaps unknowingly , to fuck over a whole lot of people.if both groups , including you , ended up killing each other .
that would be win win situation in my mind .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>maybe because he's an idiot that believes the republican party and john mccain is his friend.and indeed he is an idiot.similar to a variant of idiots that believe the democratic party and obama is THEIR friend.either way, both of you are fucked.
and the two of you are going to work together, perhaps unknowingly, to fuck over a whole lot of people.if both groups, including you, ended up killing each other.
that would be win win situation in my mind.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474856</id>
	<title>Re:It could have been worse...</title>
	<author>betterunixthanunix</author>
	<datestamp>1268562840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>I know that you are joking, but in all seriousness, that is how a lot of people seem to have viewed Obama -- not on the actual issues, or the sort of people surrounding him (Biden...) or their views, but just on his party affiliation and skin color.  It is a sad day for democracy when voters stop caring about the issues; it seems that day has already come to pass, and all we can hope for is a great awakening (but I won't hold my breath).</htmltext>
<tokenext>I know that you are joking , but in all seriousness , that is how a lot of people seem to have viewed Obama -- not on the actual issues , or the sort of people surrounding him ( Biden... ) or their views , but just on his party affiliation and skin color .
It is a sad day for democracy when voters stop caring about the issues ; it seems that day has already come to pass , and all we can hope for is a great awakening ( but I wo n't hold my breath ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I know that you are joking, but in all seriousness, that is how a lot of people seem to have viewed Obama -- not on the actual issues, or the sort of people surrounding him (Biden...) or their views, but just on his party affiliation and skin color.
It is a sad day for democracy when voters stop caring about the issues; it seems that day has already come to pass, and all we can hope for is a great awakening (but I won't hold my breath).</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478556</id>
	<title>Censorship vs. Slander.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268593560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Now this is censorship for real and on a massive scale.  Not that fake blog about Chavez a couple of posts back and the legitimate prosecution of slander.  God, people really do freak and think only with their unmentionable hole when oil is on the line.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Now this is censorship for real and on a massive scale .
Not that fake blog about Chavez a couple of posts back and the legitimate prosecution of slander .
God , people really do freak and think only with their unmentionable hole when oil is on the line .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Now this is censorship for real and on a massive scale.
Not that fake blog about Chavez a couple of posts back and the legitimate prosecution of slander.
God, people really do freak and think only with their unmentionable hole when oil is on the line.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474990</id>
	<title>Re:Come on...</title>
	<author>colinrichardday</author>
	<datestamp>1268563620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The AMA?</p><p>Yeah, that's why the government has stuck it to personal-injury lawyers and reformed medical malpractice laws. Oh wait, it didn't?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The AMA ? Yeah , that 's why the government has stuck it to personal-injury lawyers and reformed medical malpractice laws .
Oh wait , it did n't ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The AMA?Yeah, that's why the government has stuck it to personal-injury lawyers and reformed medical malpractice laws.
Oh wait, it didn't?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474866</id>
	<title>How the Constitution could have saved us...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268562900000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>When you throw out all the things you think you'd like the federal government do and just read what it <i>should</i> be, it's clear that politicians have created a self-feeding machine.</p><p>The Constitution and the Bill of Rights state that the federal government has jurisdiction in a number of areas, and <b>all other rights</b> belong to the states (unless the states specifically give up a right via an amendment). Lobbying Congress, bribing a Senator, etc... was supposed to be of little value to business because states set their own policies. This would mean that businesses would naturally move to where the climate was most hospitable and states would have to balance heavy-handed regulation and taxes with the jobs and prosperity that attracting businesses would bring.</p><p>When a fundamental shift of power from the states to Washington occurs, the balances are gone, everyone stops competing, and instead tries to secure favorable legislation nationwide. Now we have the unholy alliance of government and corporations. Politicians depend on corporate money and corporations depend on provisions biased in their favor.</p><p>Our decentralized nation was a good idea. Perhaps a bit inconvenient at times, but it allowed many different ideas to be tested across the country and empowered people with better access to government. We need to re-establish the Constitution as the Law of the Land and hold those accountable who willfully violate it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>When you throw out all the things you think you 'd like the federal government do and just read what it should be , it 's clear that politicians have created a self-feeding machine.The Constitution and the Bill of Rights state that the federal government has jurisdiction in a number of areas , and all other rights belong to the states ( unless the states specifically give up a right via an amendment ) .
Lobbying Congress , bribing a Senator , etc... was supposed to be of little value to business because states set their own policies .
This would mean that businesses would naturally move to where the climate was most hospitable and states would have to balance heavy-handed regulation and taxes with the jobs and prosperity that attracting businesses would bring.When a fundamental shift of power from the states to Washington occurs , the balances are gone , everyone stops competing , and instead tries to secure favorable legislation nationwide .
Now we have the unholy alliance of government and corporations .
Politicians depend on corporate money and corporations depend on provisions biased in their favor.Our decentralized nation was a good idea .
Perhaps a bit inconvenient at times , but it allowed many different ideas to be tested across the country and empowered people with better access to government .
We need to re-establish the Constitution as the Law of the Land and hold those accountable who willfully violate it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>When you throw out all the things you think you'd like the federal government do and just read what it should be, it's clear that politicians have created a self-feeding machine.The Constitution and the Bill of Rights state that the federal government has jurisdiction in a number of areas, and all other rights belong to the states (unless the states specifically give up a right via an amendment).
Lobbying Congress, bribing a Senator, etc... was supposed to be of little value to business because states set their own policies.
This would mean that businesses would naturally move to where the climate was most hospitable and states would have to balance heavy-handed regulation and taxes with the jobs and prosperity that attracting businesses would bring.When a fundamental shift of power from the states to Washington occurs, the balances are gone, everyone stops competing, and instead tries to secure favorable legislation nationwide.
Now we have the unholy alliance of government and corporations.
Politicians depend on corporate money and corporations depend on provisions biased in their favor.Our decentralized nation was a good idea.
Perhaps a bit inconvenient at times, but it allowed many different ideas to be tested across the country and empowered people with better access to government.
We need to re-establish the Constitution as the Law of the Land and hold those accountable who willfully violate it.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475046</id>
	<title>Re:Fuck you Obama.</title>
	<author>Spad</author>
	<datestamp>1268563920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>In other news, politicians - especially in the US - are beholden to their campaign contributors.</p><p>Seriously, politicians are paid for by industries, your only real choice is which industry you want to support. Don't make the mistake of thinking that anyone above a local representative level gives a toss about the voters unless they absolutely have to (Not that local reps do half the time, but they're rarely owned by corporate interests, just self-interest, which might end up being the same as yours if you're lucky).</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>In other news , politicians - especially in the US - are beholden to their campaign contributors.Seriously , politicians are paid for by industries , your only real choice is which industry you want to support .
Do n't make the mistake of thinking that anyone above a local representative level gives a toss about the voters unless they absolutely have to ( Not that local reps do half the time , but they 're rarely owned by corporate interests , just self-interest , which might end up being the same as yours if you 're lucky ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>In other news, politicians - especially in the US - are beholden to their campaign contributors.Seriously, politicians are paid for by industries, your only real choice is which industry you want to support.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that anyone above a local representative level gives a toss about the voters unless they absolutely have to (Not that local reps do half the time, but they're rarely owned by corporate interests, just self-interest, which might end up being the same as yours if you're lucky).</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474932</id>
	<title>Breaking news, Obama needs tax revenue</title>
	<author>cdrguru</author>
	<datestamp>1268563200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If you aren't paying for your entertainment media, then you aren't paying taxes.  Similarly, the rightholders aren't paying income taxes on the money they are getting.</p><p>Therefore, piracy reduces tax revenues.  Obama would really like to have a health care system that didn't just skyrocket the deficit out of control, while maintaining the idea that everyone (even the illegal immigrants) are getting health care coverage with government subsidies.  Well, obviously he can't do that with shrinking tax revenues, now can he?</p><p>Has your income gone up this year from last year?  Do you expect to be paying more or less in income taxes next year?  Well, big media companies are looking at exactly the same situation and the government is getting nervous.  Smaller tax revenues mean more deficit spending and maybe (gasp!) some programs getting cut and pork projects not getting done.</p><p>This will result in congresscritters not being reelected because they failed to "deliver" for their constituents.  Yup, I'd say everyone in the US is worried about that.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If you are n't paying for your entertainment media , then you are n't paying taxes .
Similarly , the rightholders are n't paying income taxes on the money they are getting.Therefore , piracy reduces tax revenues .
Obama would really like to have a health care system that did n't just skyrocket the deficit out of control , while maintaining the idea that everyone ( even the illegal immigrants ) are getting health care coverage with government subsidies .
Well , obviously he ca n't do that with shrinking tax revenues , now can he ? Has your income gone up this year from last year ?
Do you expect to be paying more or less in income taxes next year ?
Well , big media companies are looking at exactly the same situation and the government is getting nervous .
Smaller tax revenues mean more deficit spending and maybe ( gasp !
) some programs getting cut and pork projects not getting done.This will result in congresscritters not being reelected because they failed to " deliver " for their constituents .
Yup , I 'd say everyone in the US is worried about that .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you aren't paying for your entertainment media, then you aren't paying taxes.
Similarly, the rightholders aren't paying income taxes on the money they are getting.Therefore, piracy reduces tax revenues.
Obama would really like to have a health care system that didn't just skyrocket the deficit out of control, while maintaining the idea that everyone (even the illegal immigrants) are getting health care coverage with government subsidies.
Well, obviously he can't do that with shrinking tax revenues, now can he?Has your income gone up this year from last year?
Do you expect to be paying more or less in income taxes next year?
Well, big media companies are looking at exactly the same situation and the government is getting nervous.
Smaller tax revenues mean more deficit spending and maybe (gasp!
) some programs getting cut and pork projects not getting done.This will result in congresscritters not being reelected because they failed to "deliver" for their constituents.
Yup, I'd say everyone in the US is worried about that.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475124</id>
	<title>Tech savvy -- Why would you think that?</title>
	<author>perpenso</author>
	<datestamp>1268564340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...</p></div><p>Why would you think that?  Do you consider every lawyer or politician in love with their blackberry to be tech savvy?  Every politician on twitter to be tech savvy?  Obama is extremely intelligent but his training and experience is as a lawyer.  We have had past presidents who were honest-to-god engineers.  Carter was one of the first naval officers trained to operate nuclear power plants.  Hoover was a mining engineer that developed various processes to improve yields.  He wrote a popular university textbook for engineering and translated a classic medieval mining text.  He was also an advocate and user of the new tech of his day, radio and aviation.  I'm sure there were other presidents who were pretty tech savvy in their day but this is all I can think of offhand.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior ...Why would you think that ?
Do you consider every lawyer or politician in love with their blackberry to be tech savvy ?
Every politician on twitter to be tech savvy ?
Obama is extremely intelligent but his training and experience is as a lawyer .
We have had past presidents who were honest-to-god engineers .
Carter was one of the first naval officers trained to operate nuclear power plants .
Hoover was a mining engineer that developed various processes to improve yields .
He wrote a popular university textbook for engineering and translated a classic medieval mining text .
He was also an advocate and user of the new tech of his day , radio and aviation .
I 'm sure there were other presidents who were pretty tech savvy in their day but this is all I can think of offhand .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior ...Why would you think that?
Do you consider every lawyer or politician in love with their blackberry to be tech savvy?
Every politician on twitter to be tech savvy?
Obama is extremely intelligent but his training and experience is as a lawyer.
We have had past presidents who were honest-to-god engineers.
Carter was one of the first naval officers trained to operate nuclear power plants.
Hoover was a mining engineer that developed various processes to improve yields.
He wrote a popular university textbook for engineering and translated a classic medieval mining text.
He was also an advocate and user of the new tech of his day, radio and aviation.
I'm sure there were other presidents who were pretty tech savvy in their day but this is all I can think of offhand.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475390</id>
	<title>Brands...</title>
	<author>arose</author>
	<datestamp>1268565900000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>As a rule brands have little to do with innovation, ingenuity or creativity. Trademarks should be backed by quality and expertise, not by fuzzy feelings associated with the brand, otherwise they are of no benefit to customers and not worth protecting.</htmltext>
<tokenext>As a rule brands have little to do with innovation , ingenuity or creativity .
Trademarks should be backed by quality and expertise , not by fuzzy feelings associated with the brand , otherwise they are of no benefit to customers and not worth protecting .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>As a rule brands have little to do with innovation, ingenuity or creativity.
Trademarks should be backed by quality and expertise, not by fuzzy feelings associated with the brand, otherwise they are of no benefit to customers and not worth protecting.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474808</id>
	<title>Very misleading article</title>
	<author>nickovs</author>
	<datestamp>1268562600000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>While I'm no particular fan of the MPAA, the RIAA or the ACTA, it deserves to be pointed out that the article is substantially misleading and inaccurate.  Firstly, the speech to which they refer, in the section about IP protection, talks exclusively about protecting the licensing of technology and make no mention what so ever of the MPAA, the RIAA or music of video piracy. While these organisations happen to also support the ACTA, it is grossly misleading to say that the speech comes out in support of either of them.  Secondly, the article says that "the European Parliament has already shot the ACTA agreement down".  This is completely incorrect.  The European Parliament have demanded that the European Commission make public the nature of its discussions in the ACTA negotiations, and the EU Privacy Commissioner has expressed concern that the treaty might be incompatible with existing EU law, but the parliament have not passed any resolutions regarding the content of the treaty itself (not least because it's secret, so they don't know what it says).</p><p>The process through which the ACTA has be created is highly suspect but it does its opponents no service if those who campaign against it can't present an accurate case.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>While I 'm no particular fan of the MPAA , the RIAA or the ACTA , it deserves to be pointed out that the article is substantially misleading and inaccurate .
Firstly , the speech to which they refer , in the section about IP protection , talks exclusively about protecting the licensing of technology and make no mention what so ever of the MPAA , the RIAA or music of video piracy .
While these organisations happen to also support the ACTA , it is grossly misleading to say that the speech comes out in support of either of them .
Secondly , the article says that " the European Parliament has already shot the ACTA agreement down " .
This is completely incorrect .
The European Parliament have demanded that the European Commission make public the nature of its discussions in the ACTA negotiations , and the EU Privacy Commissioner has expressed concern that the treaty might be incompatible with existing EU law , but the parliament have not passed any resolutions regarding the content of the treaty itself ( not least because it 's secret , so they do n't know what it says ) .The process through which the ACTA has be created is highly suspect but it does its opponents no service if those who campaign against it ca n't present an accurate case .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>While I'm no particular fan of the MPAA, the RIAA or the ACTA, it deserves to be pointed out that the article is substantially misleading and inaccurate.
Firstly, the speech to which they refer, in the section about IP protection, talks exclusively about protecting the licensing of technology and make no mention what so ever of the MPAA, the RIAA or music of video piracy.
While these organisations happen to also support the ACTA, it is grossly misleading to say that the speech comes out in support of either of them.
Secondly, the article says that "the European Parliament has already shot the ACTA agreement down".
This is completely incorrect.
The European Parliament have demanded that the European Commission make public the nature of its discussions in the ACTA negotiations, and the EU Privacy Commissioner has expressed concern that the treaty might be incompatible with existing EU law, but the parliament have not passed any resolutions regarding the content of the treaty itself (not least because it's secret, so they don't know what it says).The process through which the ACTA has be created is highly suspect but it does its opponents no service if those who campaign against it can't present an accurate case.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475148</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268564400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>So... Tea Party are right wing without a plan, and Coffee party are without a plan or direction.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>So... Tea Party are right wing without a plan , and Coffee party are without a plan or direction .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>So... Tea Party are right wing without a plan, and Coffee party are without a plan or direction.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474564</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476330</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>dkleinsc</author>
	<datestamp>1268573340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Not to raise a "tu quoque" argument here, but of course the Tea Party is precisely the same thing, just a part of a different political machine (the same one that brought Sarah Palin into the limelight).</p><p>Which brings me to Rule #1 of understanding any political organization: follow the money.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Not to raise a " tu quoque " argument here , but of course the Tea Party is precisely the same thing , just a part of a different political machine ( the same one that brought Sarah Palin into the limelight ) .Which brings me to Rule # 1 of understanding any political organization : follow the money .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Not to raise a "tu quoque" argument here, but of course the Tea Party is precisely the same thing, just a part of a different political machine (the same one that brought Sarah Palin into the limelight).Which brings me to Rule #1 of understanding any political organization: follow the money.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474884</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474692</id>
	<title>'Our single greatest asset'</title>
	<author>Culture20</author>
	<datestamp>1268561940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>'Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people'</p></div><p>Because we (Americans) don't make anything solid anymore.  Essentially, we give people in other countries the plans to make $FOO, in exchange for a few free $FOOs, then we have to come up with a new $FOO2 to make sure the other countries want to build the new $FOO2.  If the manufacturers ever decide that what they are making is good-enough for the next twenty-thirty years, we're screwed unless we can pretend that we own the ideas.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>'Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people'Because we ( Americans ) do n't make anything solid anymore .
Essentially , we give people in other countries the plans to make $ FOO , in exchange for a few free $ FOOs , then we have to come up with a new $ FOO2 to make sure the other countries want to build the new $ FOO2 .
If the manufacturers ever decide that what they are making is good-enough for the next twenty-thirty years , we 're screwed unless we can pretend that we own the ideas .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>'Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people'Because we (Americans) don't make anything solid anymore.
Essentially, we give people in other countries the plans to make $FOO, in exchange for a few free $FOOs, then we have to come up with a new $FOO2 to make sure the other countries want to build the new $FOO2.
If the manufacturers ever decide that what they are making is good-enough for the next twenty-thirty years, we're screwed unless we can pretend that we own the ideas.
	</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474512</id>
	<title>Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>WrongSizeGlass</author>
	<datestamp>1268560560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext>... I'm just asking:<br> <br>
What would we expect from <i>any</i> President? Pick anyone from the last batch, or even the next batch, of candidates. Do you think any one of them wouldn't back big business in this situation?</htmltext>
<tokenext>... I 'm just asking : What would we expect from any President ?
Pick anyone from the last batch , or even the next batch , of candidates .
Do you think any one of them would n't back big business in this situation ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>... I'm just asking: 
What would we expect from any President?
Pick anyone from the last batch, or even the next batch, of candidates.
Do you think any one of them wouldn't back big business in this situation?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31484904</id>
	<title>Call for unity</title>
	<author>Ykant</author>
	<datestamp>1268680260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Why don't all of the like-minded Slashdotters gather their friends, everyone pitch in a few bucks, and collectively buy off a congressman or a senator?</p><p>It works for everyone else...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Why do n't all of the like-minded Slashdotters gather their friends , everyone pitch in a few bucks , and collectively buy off a congressman or a senator ? It works for everyone else.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Why don't all of the like-minded Slashdotters gather their friends, everyone pitch in a few bucks, and collectively buy off a congressman or a senator?It works for everyone else...</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475040</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31481948</id>
	<title>Re:Come on...</title>
	<author>IndustrialComplex</author>
	<datestamp>1268668020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>The AMA?</i></p><p><i>Yeah, that's why the government has stuck it to personal-injury lawyers and reformed medical malpractice laws. Oh wait, it didn't?<br></i></p><p>The AMA has a whole grocery list of issues which it lobbies for.  The personal-injury lawyer?  They have one thing that they want, and that is for nothing to change.</p><p>So when the AMA comes forward with a list of 10 items and 1-9 gets rubber stamped, but on number 10, the trial lawyers say "Hey, those 9 items are great, but could you just not act on number 10 for a bit?" Are you saying that the AMA has really 'lost'?</p><p>The AMA has worked hard to insulate Doctors from some necessary reforms and made it a VERY protected profession.  The barrier for entry to be a Doctor is VERY high (monetarily), and the AMA likes it that way.</p><p>One of the reasons that medical care is so expensive is that pretty much all of the decision responsibility has been removed from the individual and transferred to medical professionals.  It's an issue that has many causes, so I don't lay it explicitly at the AMA's feet, but they do have a tremendous amount of influence in Government.</p><p>Afterall, how many politicians would survive an election if they were able to be labeled as 'Disregarding the warnings of the AMA'?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The AMA ? Yeah , that 's why the government has stuck it to personal-injury lawyers and reformed medical malpractice laws .
Oh wait , it did n't ? The AMA has a whole grocery list of issues which it lobbies for .
The personal-injury lawyer ?
They have one thing that they want , and that is for nothing to change.So when the AMA comes forward with a list of 10 items and 1-9 gets rubber stamped , but on number 10 , the trial lawyers say " Hey , those 9 items are great , but could you just not act on number 10 for a bit ?
" Are you saying that the AMA has really 'lost ' ? The AMA has worked hard to insulate Doctors from some necessary reforms and made it a VERY protected profession .
The barrier for entry to be a Doctor is VERY high ( monetarily ) , and the AMA likes it that way.One of the reasons that medical care is so expensive is that pretty much all of the decision responsibility has been removed from the individual and transferred to medical professionals .
It 's an issue that has many causes , so I do n't lay it explicitly at the AMA 's feet , but they do have a tremendous amount of influence in Government.Afterall , how many politicians would survive an election if they were able to be labeled as 'Disregarding the warnings of the AMA ' ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The AMA?Yeah, that's why the government has stuck it to personal-injury lawyers and reformed medical malpractice laws.
Oh wait, it didn't?The AMA has a whole grocery list of issues which it lobbies for.
The personal-injury lawyer?
They have one thing that they want, and that is for nothing to change.So when the AMA comes forward with a list of 10 items and 1-9 gets rubber stamped, but on number 10, the trial lawyers say "Hey, those 9 items are great, but could you just not act on number 10 for a bit?
" Are you saying that the AMA has really 'lost'?The AMA has worked hard to insulate Doctors from some necessary reforms and made it a VERY protected profession.
The barrier for entry to be a Doctor is VERY high (monetarily), and the AMA likes it that way.One of the reasons that medical care is so expensive is that pretty much all of the decision responsibility has been removed from the individual and transferred to medical professionals.
It's an issue that has many causes, so I don't lay it explicitly at the AMA's feet, but they do have a tremendous amount of influence in Government.Afterall, how many politicians would survive an election if they were able to be labeled as 'Disregarding the warnings of the AMA'?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476170</id>
	<title>Re:Very misleading article</title>
	<author>magus\_melchior</author>
	<datestamp>1268572260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I don't know what's worse, that our President doesn't (or can't) openly speak out against ACTA and excessive copyright/IP laws, or that there are only 2 posts in this highly-modded discussion that do not automatically protest the President based on a troll article.</p><p>Oh, who am I kidding, this is Slashdot. Libertarian <i>and</i> leaping to conclusions that aren't there in reality.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I do n't know what 's worse , that our President does n't ( or ca n't ) openly speak out against ACTA and excessive copyright/IP laws , or that there are only 2 posts in this highly-modded discussion that do not automatically protest the President based on a troll article.Oh , who am I kidding , this is Slashdot .
Libertarian and leaping to conclusions that are n't there in reality .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I don't know what's worse, that our President doesn't (or can't) openly speak out against ACTA and excessive copyright/IP laws, or that there are only 2 posts in this highly-modded discussion that do not automatically protest the President based on a troll article.Oh, who am I kidding, this is Slashdot.
Libertarian and leaping to conclusions that aren't there in reality.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474808</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475250</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268565000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>From what I can find, the Coffee Party's founder has too many ties to the current president. Also, you display of false modesty when you mention the number of people who have joined is a bit of a turn off.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>From what I can find , the Coffee Party 's founder has too many ties to the current president .
Also , you display of false modesty when you mention the number of people who have joined is a bit of a turn off .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>From what I can find, the Coffee Party's founder has too many ties to the current president.
Also, you display of false modesty when you mention the number of people who have joined is a bit of a turn off.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474564</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478560</id>
	<title>Re:Another un-winnable war.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268593680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Wartime gives special powers to special people. study your law.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Wartime gives special powers to special people .
study your law .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Wartime gives special powers to special people.
study your law.</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476668</id>
	<title>Hows that hope and change?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268575560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sides with the RIAA.<br>Wants DNA collected with all arrests.<br>Shuts Down Federal ACORN Probe into Corruption &amp; Voter Registration Fraud.<br>Kills further moon projects.<br>Raise gas prices to $7.00 a gallon to "protect the environment".</p><p>He is either evil or stupid.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sides with the RIAA.Wants DNA collected with all arrests.Shuts Down Federal ACORN Probe into Corruption &amp; Voter Registration Fraud.Kills further moon projects.Raise gas prices to $ 7.00 a gallon to " protect the environment " .He is either evil or stupid .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sides with the RIAA.Wants DNA collected with all arrests.Shuts Down Federal ACORN Probe into Corruption &amp; Voter Registration Fraud.Kills further moon projects.Raise gas prices to $7.00 a gallon to "protect the environment".He is either evil or stupid.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476678</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268575560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Ralph Nader wouldn't have.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Ralph Nader would n't have .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Ralph Nader wouldn't have.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474512</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477510</id>
	<title>Re:Neal Stephenson is a genius</title>
	<author>slyborg</author>
	<datestamp>1268581920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Unfortunately, we're down to movies and high-speed pizza delivery at this point.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Unfortunately , we 're down to movies and high-speed pizza delivery at this point .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Unfortunately, we're down to movies and high-speed pizza delivery at this point.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31481470</id>
	<title>Re:Let's Do Something</title>
	<author>karcirate</author>
	<datestamp>1268665680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Welcome to the new corporate America.</p></div><p>I'm sorry, did I read that right? New?  Corporations, lobbyists paid for by said corporations, and politicians "bribed" by lobbyists money (from their corporations) have been around for quite some time.
</p><p>
What you do not realize is that the new thing that came to this country is that people are now able to express their views in ways that make it easy for politicians to see what the people care about.  And no matter how much money is involved, senator x ain't gonna get any lovin' from his corporation if he gets voted out of office, and these days, he is able to find out pretty easily what will keep him in office.
</p><p>
So what is happening now is that our politicians are slowly emerging to stick their heads a little bit out of their corporations pockets' and listen with about half an ear to what the people want.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Welcome to the new corporate America.I 'm sorry , did I read that right ?
New ? Corporations , lobbyists paid for by said corporations , and politicians " bribed " by lobbyists money ( from their corporations ) have been around for quite some time .
What you do not realize is that the new thing that came to this country is that people are now able to express their views in ways that make it easy for politicians to see what the people care about .
And no matter how much money is involved , senator x ai n't gon na get any lovin ' from his corporation if he gets voted out of office , and these days , he is able to find out pretty easily what will keep him in office .
So what is happening now is that our politicians are slowly emerging to stick their heads a little bit out of their corporations pockets ' and listen with about half an ear to what the people want .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Welcome to the new corporate America.I'm sorry, did I read that right?
New?  Corporations, lobbyists paid for by said corporations, and politicians "bribed" by lobbyists money (from their corporations) have been around for quite some time.
What you do not realize is that the new thing that came to this country is that people are now able to express their views in ways that make it easy for politicians to see what the people care about.
And no matter how much money is involved, senator x ain't gonna get any lovin' from his corporation if he gets voted out of office, and these days, he is able to find out pretty easily what will keep him in office.
So what is happening now is that our politicians are slowly emerging to stick their heads a little bit out of their corporations pockets' and listen with about half an ear to what the people want.
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475040</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478168</id>
	<title>Re:IP based society.</title>
	<author>lokpest</author>
	<datestamp>1268587920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Do we then start sending troops into nation X for downloading Disney movies?</p></div><p>I can just <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmILOL55xP0" title="youtube.com" rel="nofollow">picture it</a> [youtube.com] before me!<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;-D</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Do we then start sending troops into nation X for downloading Disney movies ? I can just picture it [ youtube.com ] before me !
; -D</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Do we then start sending troops into nation X for downloading Disney movies?I can just picture it [youtube.com] before me!
;-D
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477990</id>
	<title>Re:Open letter to the United States Government</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268585940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I used to read to read Charley Reeses column.  I found him to be insightful and informative, yet a bit angry.  I stopped when I found out he was a little racist.  I found myself asking, "If this guy is so smart, why can't he get over his racism?  Why can't he at least avoid using language that suggests racism, again if he is so smart?"</p><p>Even here, he finishes his complaint regarding taxation in America with a jab towards America's multicultural-ism.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I used to read to read Charley Reeses column .
I found him to be insightful and informative , yet a bit angry .
I stopped when I found out he was a little racist .
I found myself asking , " If this guy is so smart , why ca n't he get over his racism ?
Why ca n't he at least avoid using language that suggests racism , again if he is so smart ?
" Even here , he finishes his complaint regarding taxation in America with a jab towards America 's multicultural-ism .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I used to read to read Charley Reeses column.
I found him to be insightful and informative, yet a bit angry.
I stopped when I found out he was a little racist.
I found myself asking, "If this guy is so smart, why can't he get over his racism?
Why can't he at least avoid using language that suggests racism, again if he is so smart?
"Even here, he finishes his complaint regarding taxation in America with a jab towards America's multicultural-ism.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474752</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31481088</id>
	<title>Re:Imaginary property is insolvent</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268663460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>gonna fail</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>gon na fail</tokentext>
<sentencetext>gonna fail</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474962</id>
	<title>The Great Lessing forsaw this...</title>
	<author>CupBeEmpty</author>
	<datestamp>1268563440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>...<a href="http://blip.tv/play/lG2By5c\_Ag" title="blip.tv">in this presentation</a> [blip.tv].</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>...in this presentation [ blip.tv ] .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>...in this presentation [blip.tv].</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478570</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>shentino</author>
	<datestamp>1268593800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I pirated Avatar.</p><p>I watched the AVI file.</p><p>I think the movie kicked ass.</p><p>I no longer feel shy about springing the bucks out when it hits the USA on DVD.</p><p>And this time, I get it crystal clear, with ENGLISH subtitles, and most likely, a few extra features.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I pirated Avatar.I watched the AVI file.I think the movie kicked ass.I no longer feel shy about springing the bucks out when it hits the USA on DVD.And this time , I get it crystal clear , with ENGLISH subtitles , and most likely , a few extra features .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I pirated Avatar.I watched the AVI file.I think the movie kicked ass.I no longer feel shy about springing the bucks out when it hits the USA on DVD.And this time, I get it crystal clear, with ENGLISH subtitles, and most likely, a few extra features.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477454</id>
	<title>Re:Motherhood and apple pie...</title>
	<author>WhiteHorse-The Origi</author>
	<datestamp>1268581020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Yeah, People could just listen to the president directly. <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/boosting-american-exports" title="whitehouse.gov" rel="nofollow">White House</a> [whitehouse.gov] <br>

One-click, 5 minutes of their time</htmltext>
<tokenext>Yeah , People could just listen to the president directly .
White House [ whitehouse.gov ] One-click , 5 minutes of their time</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yeah, People could just listen to the president directly.
White House [whitehouse.gov] 

One-click, 5 minutes of their time</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474838</id>
	<title>IP based society.</title>
	<author>Hylandr</author>
	<datestamp>1268562780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext>An IP Based Society is great for every other nation on earth, for in 20 to 30 years all the world has to do to destroy America is simply start ignoring her laws.<br> <br>

Do we then start sending troops into nation X for downloading Disney movies? How about when they all decide to stop paying royalties?<br> <br>

- Dan.</htmltext>
<tokenext>An IP Based Society is great for every other nation on earth , for in 20 to 30 years all the world has to do to destroy America is simply start ignoring her laws .
Do we then start sending troops into nation X for downloading Disney movies ?
How about when they all decide to stop paying royalties ?
- Dan .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>An IP Based Society is great for every other nation on earth, for in 20 to 30 years all the world has to do to destroy America is simply start ignoring her laws.
Do we then start sending troops into nation X for downloading Disney movies?
How about when they all decide to stop paying royalties?
- Dan.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477138</id>
	<title>Re:Let's Do Something</title>
	<author>Heratiki</author>
	<datestamp>1268578560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>You can look at Russian releases of DVD's.  Pirating is so prolific there that the movie theaters produce and output (close to-) DVD quality movies just for the region because otherwise they wouldn't make a dime.  Almost immediately after the release of a movie in the theaters there it's pretty much on the street at that time.  All caused by the fact that almost no one could afford to do it any other way than bootlegs.

Now take the US where movie ticket prices are already astronomical and getting higher and higher with over priced food and drink to add to the night.  It's going to become unbelievably hard to obtain anything without some very harsh Digital Rights Management which will increase the cost and decrease the quality of the music/movies.  Sigh.  ACTA will give them any and all the power they could ever want.  ACTA is an Abomination of Rights Manufactured by Assholes.</htmltext>
<tokenext>You can look at Russian releases of DVD 's .
Pirating is so prolific there that the movie theaters produce and output ( close to- ) DVD quality movies just for the region because otherwise they would n't make a dime .
Almost immediately after the release of a movie in the theaters there it 's pretty much on the street at that time .
All caused by the fact that almost no one could afford to do it any other way than bootlegs .
Now take the US where movie ticket prices are already astronomical and getting higher and higher with over priced food and drink to add to the night .
It 's going to become unbelievably hard to obtain anything without some very harsh Digital Rights Management which will increase the cost and decrease the quality of the music/movies .
Sigh. ACTA will give them any and all the power they could ever want .
ACTA is an Abomination of Rights Manufactured by Assholes .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You can look at Russian releases of DVD's.
Pirating is so prolific there that the movie theaters produce and output (close to-) DVD quality movies just for the region because otherwise they wouldn't make a dime.
Almost immediately after the release of a movie in the theaters there it's pretty much on the street at that time.
All caused by the fact that almost no one could afford to do it any other way than bootlegs.
Now take the US where movie ticket prices are already astronomical and getting higher and higher with over priced food and drink to add to the night.
It's going to become unbelievably hard to obtain anything without some very harsh Digital Rights Management which will increase the cost and decrease the quality of the music/movies.
Sigh.  ACTA will give them any and all the power they could ever want.
ACTA is an Abomination of Rights Manufactured by Assholes.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475760</id>
	<title>How's that hopey-changy thing working out for ya?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268568900000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>You voted for a lightly-regarded senator with a minimal track record.</p><p>You ignored the fact that Big Media heavily pushed his candidacy.</p><p>It's entirely too late to complain now.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>You voted for a lightly-regarded senator with a minimal track record.You ignored the fact that Big Media heavily pushed his candidacy.It 's entirely too late to complain now .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You voted for a lightly-regarded senator with a minimal track record.You ignored the fact that Big Media heavily pushed his candidacy.It's entirely too late to complain now.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477876</id>
	<title>Re:"Single greatest" = "sole remaining" amirite?</title>
	<author>CodeBuster</author>
	<datestamp>1268585100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Hollywood was founded on industrialised copyright infringement.</p></div><p>It was actually patent infringement, but your point is well taken; It is indeed ironic than an industry dependent upon copyright as a legal protection against infringement was founded by infringing upon Edison's motion picture camera patents. Of course, Hollywood will argue that the statue of limitations on such violations has long since expired; even if that doesn't exactly inspire admiration for their stated principles (i.e. they still look like hypocrites).</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Hollywood was founded on industrialised copyright infringement.It was actually patent infringement , but your point is well taken ; It is indeed ironic than an industry dependent upon copyright as a legal protection against infringement was founded by infringing upon Edison 's motion picture camera patents .
Of course , Hollywood will argue that the statue of limitations on such violations has long since expired ; even if that does n't exactly inspire admiration for their stated principles ( i.e .
they still look like hypocrites ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Hollywood was founded on industrialised copyright infringement.It was actually patent infringement, but your point is well taken; It is indeed ironic than an industry dependent upon copyright as a legal protection against infringement was founded by infringing upon Edison's motion picture camera patents.
Of course, Hollywood will argue that the statue of limitations on such violations has long since expired; even if that doesn't exactly inspire admiration for their stated principles (i.e.
they still look like hypocrites).
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476488</id>
	<title>Re:Is anyone really surprised by this?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268574420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>christianity ?<br>or any religion at all...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>christianity ? or any religion at all.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>christianity ?or any religion at all...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475864</id>
	<title>Wasting Time With the Dinosaur?</title>
	<author>MarkvW</author>
	<datestamp>1268569860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The music industry's big problems are not going to be solved by ACTA/DMCA, or whatever.</p><p>(1)  The Internet has provided the revolution in marketing.  If a musician sells a song on the internet for a dime, then he's making more money off his music with that CD than he would if he was bound by a music industry contract.  The "big music contract" is a pyramid scheme.<br>(2)  People can find diverse music on the internet.<br>(3)  You can buy an awesome digital recorder for well under a thousand dollars.<br>(4)  Sound processing software is now beyond awesome.  You can get awesome sampled instruments and can fully produce them (think VSTs and Ableton, Melodyne, Cubase, etc.).  This stuff is not that expensive and it is really revolutionary.</p><p>Two things keeping the music industry from collapsing are the love that the young fogies have for hit music and the inertia of the musicians.</p><p>It's so much easier for people to be told what music to like than it is for them to discover music for themselves.  The broadcast media have had about sixty years of dictating mass taste. Trendsetting has spawned from a very centralized location for the past few decades.  Now, trends can be spawned globally.  One cool thing from a group of kids in Argentina can become all the rage in Winnipeg or Singapore.  Trends will become more like the weather and less like an idea spawned by some really "cool" people.  William Gibson talks about similar themes in his books.  People still really want to be a part of the herd, though.  The success of "People", "US", "Star", the National Enquirer and fools like Perez Hilton are proof enough of that.  The shape, form, and number of those herds will not be as predictable or easy to follow as they have been in the past.  That's a bitch for the music industry, because the music industry has so many unnecessary middlemen.</p><p>Musicians are really beginning to market themselves now.  That's the way for them to make money.  The odds of hitting it big with a label are absurd.  Even if you get a contract, the advance is the most money the musicians usually see.  You don't have to be "cross-collateralized" when you sell your own music.</p><p>So, it's just a matter of time.  Raving against the music industry is stupid.  You're only raving against a soon-to-be-extinct dinosaur that doesn't even know you exist.  If you really want to fight the music industry, develop shrink-wrapped ready-to-go open source music promotion &amp; sales websites for bands!  You'll help accelerate the death of big music much faster that way than by stupidly moaning for your Britney Spears albums.  Facilitate an easy, cheap, and visible internet presence for independent musicians!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The music industry 's big problems are not going to be solved by ACTA/DMCA , or whatever .
( 1 ) The Internet has provided the revolution in marketing .
If a musician sells a song on the internet for a dime , then he 's making more money off his music with that CD than he would if he was bound by a music industry contract .
The " big music contract " is a pyramid scheme .
( 2 ) People can find diverse music on the internet .
( 3 ) You can buy an awesome digital recorder for well under a thousand dollars .
( 4 ) Sound processing software is now beyond awesome .
You can get awesome sampled instruments and can fully produce them ( think VSTs and Ableton , Melodyne , Cubase , etc. ) .
This stuff is not that expensive and it is really revolutionary.Two things keeping the music industry from collapsing are the love that the young fogies have for hit music and the inertia of the musicians.It 's so much easier for people to be told what music to like than it is for them to discover music for themselves .
The broadcast media have had about sixty years of dictating mass taste .
Trendsetting has spawned from a very centralized location for the past few decades .
Now , trends can be spawned globally .
One cool thing from a group of kids in Argentina can become all the rage in Winnipeg or Singapore .
Trends will become more like the weather and less like an idea spawned by some really " cool " people .
William Gibson talks about similar themes in his books .
People still really want to be a part of the herd , though .
The success of " People " , " US " , " Star " , the National Enquirer and fools like Perez Hilton are proof enough of that .
The shape , form , and number of those herds will not be as predictable or easy to follow as they have been in the past .
That 's a bitch for the music industry , because the music industry has so many unnecessary middlemen.Musicians are really beginning to market themselves now .
That 's the way for them to make money .
The odds of hitting it big with a label are absurd .
Even if you get a contract , the advance is the most money the musicians usually see .
You do n't have to be " cross-collateralized " when you sell your own music.So , it 's just a matter of time .
Raving against the music industry is stupid .
You 're only raving against a soon-to-be-extinct dinosaur that does n't even know you exist .
If you really want to fight the music industry , develop shrink-wrapped ready-to-go open source music promotion &amp; sales websites for bands !
You 'll help accelerate the death of big music much faster that way than by stupidly moaning for your Britney Spears albums .
Facilitate an easy , cheap , and visible internet presence for independent musicians !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The music industry's big problems are not going to be solved by ACTA/DMCA, or whatever.
(1)  The Internet has provided the revolution in marketing.
If a musician sells a song on the internet for a dime, then he's making more money off his music with that CD than he would if he was bound by a music industry contract.
The "big music contract" is a pyramid scheme.
(2)  People can find diverse music on the internet.
(3)  You can buy an awesome digital recorder for well under a thousand dollars.
(4)  Sound processing software is now beyond awesome.
You can get awesome sampled instruments and can fully produce them (think VSTs and Ableton, Melodyne, Cubase, etc.).
This stuff is not that expensive and it is really revolutionary.Two things keeping the music industry from collapsing are the love that the young fogies have for hit music and the inertia of the musicians.It's so much easier for people to be told what music to like than it is for them to discover music for themselves.
The broadcast media have had about sixty years of dictating mass taste.
Trendsetting has spawned from a very centralized location for the past few decades.
Now, trends can be spawned globally.
One cool thing from a group of kids in Argentina can become all the rage in Winnipeg or Singapore.
Trends will become more like the weather and less like an idea spawned by some really "cool" people.
William Gibson talks about similar themes in his books.
People still really want to be a part of the herd, though.
The success of "People", "US", "Star", the National Enquirer and fools like Perez Hilton are proof enough of that.
The shape, form, and number of those herds will not be as predictable or easy to follow as they have been in the past.
That's a bitch for the music industry, because the music industry has so many unnecessary middlemen.Musicians are really beginning to market themselves now.
That's the way for them to make money.
The odds of hitting it big with a label are absurd.
Even if you get a contract, the advance is the most money the musicians usually see.
You don't have to be "cross-collateralized" when you sell your own music.So, it's just a matter of time.
Raving against the music industry is stupid.
You're only raving against a soon-to-be-extinct dinosaur that doesn't even know you exist.
If you really want to fight the music industry, develop shrink-wrapped ready-to-go open source music promotion &amp; sales websites for bands!
You'll help accelerate the death of big music much faster that way than by stupidly moaning for your Britney Spears albums.
Facilitate an easy, cheap, and visible internet presence for independent musicians!</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474996</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>hey!</author>
	<datestamp>1268563620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>We all know that "rampant" piracy is a myth.</p><p>The proper attitude of the intellectual property thief is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lion\_Passant\_Reguardant.svg" title="wikipedia.org"> <em>passant reguardant</em> </a> [wikipedia.org].</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>We all know that " rampant " piracy is a myth.The proper attitude of the intellectual property thief is passant reguardant [ wikipedia.org ] .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>We all know that "rampant" piracy is a myth.The proper attitude of the intellectual property thief is  passant reguardant  [wikipedia.org].</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477718</id>
	<title>Hey hey hey</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268583660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>How's that HOPE AND CHANGE workin' for ya?</p><p>Had to say it, folks.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>How 's that HOPE AND CHANGE workin ' for ya ? Had to say it , folks .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>How's that HOPE AND CHANGE workin' for ya?Had to say it, folks.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475176</id>
	<title>Hey, look! Another straw!</title>
	<author>zogger</author>
	<datestamp>1268564580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Quick, grasp it!</p><p>Ideas=dime a dozen. Implementing those ideas is worth a lot more. That means manufacturing, real wealth creation. The fatcat politicians and wall street labor arbitragers destroyed manufacturing in the US for short term megaprofits, and created ever so much more complicated "financial instruments" and other sorts of gambling games and debt to replace it, along with running the printing presses with the currency. Those cons are about run out now. So..check the economic headlines over the past two years. Now, they are hosed, they hosed the economy. They have no back up plan that can work now. This is a last ditch effort to try and save it. This will be futile, or as they say, "good luck with that".</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Quick , grasp it ! Ideas = dime a dozen .
Implementing those ideas is worth a lot more .
That means manufacturing , real wealth creation .
The fatcat politicians and wall street labor arbitragers destroyed manufacturing in the US for short term megaprofits , and created ever so much more complicated " financial instruments " and other sorts of gambling games and debt to replace it , along with running the printing presses with the currency .
Those cons are about run out now .
So..check the economic headlines over the past two years .
Now , they are hosed , they hosed the economy .
They have no back up plan that can work now .
This is a last ditch effort to try and save it .
This will be futile , or as they say , " good luck with that " .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Quick, grasp it!Ideas=dime a dozen.
Implementing those ideas is worth a lot more.
That means manufacturing, real wealth creation.
The fatcat politicians and wall street labor arbitragers destroyed manufacturing in the US for short term megaprofits, and created ever so much more complicated "financial instruments" and other sorts of gambling games and debt to replace it, along with running the printing presses with the currency.
Those cons are about run out now.
So..check the economic headlines over the past two years.
Now, they are hosed, they hosed the economy.
They have no back up plan that can work now.
This is a last ditch effort to try and save it.
This will be futile, or as they say, "good luck with that".</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476326</id>
	<title>Right... Sure... and you do it in secret.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268573340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>You mean *OUR* IP, right?  WTF gives you the right to dictate how I wish to protect my IP.  Enforce the laws you have now, you jackass.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>You mean * OUR * IP , right ?
WTF gives you the right to dictate how I wish to protect my IP .
Enforce the laws you have now , you jackass .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You mean *OUR* IP, right?
WTF gives you the right to dictate how I wish to protect my IP.
Enforce the laws you have now, you jackass.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475070</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268563980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It's more like a form of protectionism, for the US economy, but the whole media business model became flawed when the internet appeared, so I expect it will just be a huge drain instead. Either way xxAA et company wins.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's more like a form of protectionism , for the US economy , but the whole media business model became flawed when the internet appeared , so I expect it will just be a huge drain instead .
Either way xxAA et company wins .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's more like a form of protectionism, for the US economy, but the whole media business model became flawed when the internet appeared, so I expect it will just be a huge drain instead.
Either way xxAA et company wins.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474512</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474484</id>
	<title>First rebellion</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268560320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>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.</p></div></blockquote><p>

Which is true. I've been saying over and over again that as our ecomomy's manufacturing sector withers and more and more corporations offshore their labor, our creative content will be the only thing that's left of our economy besides flipping burgers. America will become nothing but vacation property for rich Arabs and Chinamen. Our leaders are selling us out one-by-one. No jobs for engineers? Work for Best Buy or move to China and be paid 3 cents a day.<br> <br>

It's time for <b>armed rebellion</b>. We must storm the capital, while the military is stretched thin, and execute the majority of our legislators.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>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 .
Which is true .
I 've been saying over and over again that as our ecomomy 's manufacturing sector withers and more and more corporations offshore their labor , our creative content will be the only thing that 's left of our economy besides flipping burgers .
America will become nothing but vacation property for rich Arabs and Chinamen .
Our leaders are selling us out one-by-one .
No jobs for engineers ?
Work for Best Buy or move to China and be paid 3 cents a day .
It 's time for armed rebellion .
We must storm the capital , while the military is stretched thin , and execute the majority of our legislators .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>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.
Which is true.
I've been saying over and over again that as our ecomomy's manufacturing sector withers and more and more corporations offshore their labor, our creative content will be the only thing that's left of our economy besides flipping burgers.
America will become nothing but vacation property for rich Arabs and Chinamen.
Our leaders are selling us out one-by-one.
No jobs for engineers?
Work for Best Buy or move to China and be paid 3 cents a day.
It's time for armed rebellion.
We must storm the capital, while the military is stretched thin, and execute the majority of our legislators.
	</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476602</id>
	<title>Re:Very misleading article</title>
	<author>c0lo</author>
	<datestamp>1268575080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Ah, yes, <a href="http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/epic-win-for-transparency-on-acta/" title="wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">here are some details.</a> [wordpress.com]<blockquote><div><p>This is a resolution by a virtually unanimous parliament, but it is not formally binding for the Commission.<b>If they want to ignore us, they technically can.</b>Then we will have to fight on.</p><p>And once we do get access to the documents, the fight over the content of the agreement will begin in earnest. This was a big win, but it was only a battle. Most of the war remains.</p></div>
</blockquote></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Ah , yes , here are some details .
[ wordpress.com ] This is a resolution by a virtually unanimous parliament , but it is not formally binding for the Commission.If they want to ignore us , they technically can.Then we will have to fight on.And once we do get access to the documents , the fight over the content of the agreement will begin in earnest .
This was a big win , but it was only a battle .
Most of the war remains .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Ah, yes, here are some details.
[wordpress.com]This is a resolution by a virtually unanimous parliament, but it is not formally binding for the Commission.If they want to ignore us, they technically can.Then we will have to fight on.And once we do get access to the documents, the fight over the content of the agreement will begin in earnest.
This was a big win, but it was only a battle.
Most of the war remains.

	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475568</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>nurb432</author>
	<datestamp>1268567400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If they don't, their political career is over.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If they do n't , their political career is over .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If they don't, their political career is over.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31480970</id>
	<title>Re:Cartels</title>
	<author>NormalVisual</author>
	<datestamp>1268662680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><i>One question I do have, is what will the reaction of the open source community be in 70 years when the first copyrights of Linux become public domain?</i> <br> <br>

If recent history is any indication, copyright terms will have been extended yet again by then, so it's probably not a realisitic scenario.</htmltext>
<tokenext>One question I do have , is what will the reaction of the open source community be in 70 years when the first copyrights of Linux become public domain ?
If recent history is any indication , copyright terms will have been extended yet again by then , so it 's probably not a realisitic scenario .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>One question I do have, is what will the reaction of the open source community be in 70 years when the first copyrights of Linux become public domain?
If recent history is any indication, copyright terms will have been extended yet again by then, so it's probably not a realisitic scenario.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474564</id>
	<title>Coffee party</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268560920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I am sick and tired of my country being run by special interests whether its the financial industry, tobacco, health care, or the media. Whats worse these special interest groups that run the US now run the world through sleazy treatries that make our corrupt laws, world laws.</p><p>Do something about it and <a href="http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/" title="coffeepartyusa.com" rel="nofollow">join the Coffee Party</a> [coffeepartyusa.com]? I know this sounds kind of korny but 150,000 just joined it in the last 72 hours and the numbers already rival the tea party. Together we can influence primaries to have candidates who represent us and not hte special interest. Or join the tea party if you are conservative but I feel they are being taken over by special interests already and are more afraid of government than special interests.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I am sick and tired of my country being run by special interests whether its the financial industry , tobacco , health care , or the media .
Whats worse these special interest groups that run the US now run the world through sleazy treatries that make our corrupt laws , world laws.Do something about it and join the Coffee Party [ coffeepartyusa.com ] ?
I know this sounds kind of korny but 150,000 just joined it in the last 72 hours and the numbers already rival the tea party .
Together we can influence primaries to have candidates who represent us and not hte special interest .
Or join the tea party if you are conservative but I feel they are being taken over by special interests already and are more afraid of government than special interests .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I am sick and tired of my country being run by special interests whether its the financial industry, tobacco, health care, or the media.
Whats worse these special interest groups that run the US now run the world through sleazy treatries that make our corrupt laws, world laws.Do something about it and join the Coffee Party [coffeepartyusa.com]?
I know this sounds kind of korny but 150,000 just joined it in the last 72 hours and the numbers already rival the tea party.
Together we can influence primaries to have candidates who represent us and not hte special interest.
Or join the tea party if you are conservative but I feel they are being taken over by special interests already and are more afraid of government than special interests.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475952</id>
	<title>Re:Is anyone really surprised by this?</title>
	<author>nedlohs</author>
	<datestamp>1268570640000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Yes it is a self selection sample bias of the early Americans.</p><p>And that outlook is precisely why some shitty little colonies became a global superpower, economic powerhouse, and research and innovation center or the world.</p><p>Of course they've been overwhelmed now, hence the imminent collapse of all of that.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Yes it is a self selection sample bias of the early Americans.And that outlook is precisely why some shitty little colonies became a global superpower , economic powerhouse , and research and innovation center or the world.Of course they 've been overwhelmed now , hence the imminent collapse of all of that .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yes it is a self selection sample bias of the early Americans.And that outlook is precisely why some shitty little colonies became a global superpower, economic powerhouse, and research and innovation center or the world.Of course they've been overwhelmed now, hence the imminent collapse of all of that.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31480478</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268659140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>LOL @ "4, Insightful".</p><p>Not that there's anything wrong with your comment, but anyone who sees "insight" in it is a fucking moron.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>LOL @ " 4 , Insightful " .Not that there 's anything wrong with your comment , but anyone who sees " insight " in it is a fucking moron .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>LOL @ "4, Insightful".Not that there's anything wrong with your comment, but anyone who sees "insight" in it is a fucking moron.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474604</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268561220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Stop being reasonable.  The right-wing mouth-breathers are out to subvert democracy, suppress free speech, prevent progress and impugn Obama wherever possible.  That includes this forum.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Stop being reasonable .
The right-wing mouth-breathers are out to subvert democracy , suppress free speech , prevent progress and impugn Obama wherever possible .
That includes this forum .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Stop being reasonable.
The right-wing mouth-breathers are out to subvert democracy, suppress free speech, prevent progress and impugn Obama wherever possible.
That includes this forum.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31479604</id>
	<title>Re:I really despise obama now.</title>
	<author>Ninth Marion</author>
	<datestamp>1268650080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>His support for ACTA is consistent with what I expect of Obama, fair enough. However, one of the planks of his campaign was transparency and openness in Government. Why does he not come out and support open negotiations for ACTA? That is a broken promise.</htmltext>
<tokenext>His support for ACTA is consistent with what I expect of Obama , fair enough .
However , one of the planks of his campaign was transparency and openness in Government .
Why does he not come out and support open negotiations for ACTA ?
That is a broken promise .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>His support for ACTA is consistent with what I expect of Obama, fair enough.
However, one of the planks of his campaign was transparency and openness in Government.
Why does he not come out and support open negotiations for ACTA?
That is a broken promise.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475232</id>
	<title>ACTA or ad acta</title>
	<author>prefec2</author>
	<datestamp>1268564940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>ACTA will only work when every (first world) country is implementing it, but the EU-Parliament is already against it, because the discussion on ACTA and all documents are kept undisclosed. You could say: Who cares what this parliament is thinking? Well Obama should care, because if the parliament is not involved and the documents are not public, then the EU will not implement ACTA which means almost 500 mio people will not be threatened by ACTA. Third world countries will not adopt to ACTA either when the EU is not doing so.</p><p>Even though, some information leaked and it looks like that ACTA would not be legal in Germany as the constitutions defines certain rights. For example the state is not allowed to transfer information on Internet-traffic to private organizations without reasonable  suspicion and a letter from a judge. Also the three-strikes-law-idea is against the rules in the EU, and obviously it is against the French constitution. And I am absolutely sure if they would try it in Germany it will fail too. As cutting you of from the Internet violates your right to be informed. And this right is very important in a democracy. It is definitely not an allowed sanction by any European constitution or agreement. So ACTA may be a dead horse and Obama is riding it. It would be better when he would tell all these US-Americans that general health care is good and that securing the existential basis of any person in a country is a necessary thing.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>ACTA will only work when every ( first world ) country is implementing it , but the EU-Parliament is already against it , because the discussion on ACTA and all documents are kept undisclosed .
You could say : Who cares what this parliament is thinking ?
Well Obama should care , because if the parliament is not involved and the documents are not public , then the EU will not implement ACTA which means almost 500 mio people will not be threatened by ACTA .
Third world countries will not adopt to ACTA either when the EU is not doing so.Even though , some information leaked and it looks like that ACTA would not be legal in Germany as the constitutions defines certain rights .
For example the state is not allowed to transfer information on Internet-traffic to private organizations without reasonable suspicion and a letter from a judge .
Also the three-strikes-law-idea is against the rules in the EU , and obviously it is against the French constitution .
And I am absolutely sure if they would try it in Germany it will fail too .
As cutting you of from the Internet violates your right to be informed .
And this right is very important in a democracy .
It is definitely not an allowed sanction by any European constitution or agreement .
So ACTA may be a dead horse and Obama is riding it .
It would be better when he would tell all these US-Americans that general health care is good and that securing the existential basis of any person in a country is a necessary thing .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>ACTA will only work when every (first world) country is implementing it, but the EU-Parliament is already against it, because the discussion on ACTA and all documents are kept undisclosed.
You could say: Who cares what this parliament is thinking?
Well Obama should care, because if the parliament is not involved and the documents are not public, then the EU will not implement ACTA which means almost 500 mio people will not be threatened by ACTA.
Third world countries will not adopt to ACTA either when the EU is not doing so.Even though, some information leaked and it looks like that ACTA would not be legal in Germany as the constitutions defines certain rights.
For example the state is not allowed to transfer information on Internet-traffic to private organizations without reasonable  suspicion and a letter from a judge.
Also the three-strikes-law-idea is against the rules in the EU, and obviously it is against the French constitution.
And I am absolutely sure if they would try it in Germany it will fail too.
As cutting you of from the Internet violates your right to be informed.
And this right is very important in a democracy.
It is definitely not an allowed sanction by any European constitution or agreement.
So ACTA may be a dead horse and Obama is riding it.
It would be better when he would tell all these US-Americans that general health care is good and that securing the existential basis of any person in a country is a necessary thing.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474752</id>
	<title>Open letter to the United States Government</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268562360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Dear Mr. President and members of Congress and Senate,</p><p>Please, stop listening to the corporate un-citizens.  I say un-citizens because all they care about is lining their pockets with money.  Not to say that most Americans wouldn't love to line their pockets with money as well, but only Corporate citizens (which aren't even real citizens as they can't be called to fight for their country, aren't held accountable for their actions unless someone with more money than them can fight them) have the money to pay for you to listen to their needs.   The luncheons, the corporate sponsored getaways, the private flights and perks are all their way of buying you, you the representatives of us, not corporations.</p><p>If you really want to protect the creators of ideas and artistic endevours, you must do away with tyranical organazitions like the RIAA and MPAA which prosecute little children as well as dead or dying citizens for a percieved (never proven) loss of a few pennies, all the while wholesale stealing from the very creators they cry woefully to protect.</p><p>I'm going to copy en masse an e-mail sent to me - please read it, please consider it, and please, when you are done, think about pushing corporate citizenship back where it belongs, to non citizenship - without rights, without needs to protect as you would the individuals who actually do the creating of everything you wish to protect.</p><p>Pretty interesting if one reads all the way to the end. Follow this by reading "Confessions of An Economic Hit Man", by John Perkins. We had a surplus in 2000 and no way does the banking industry and those who rule it want to see that again, even if it takes two wars.</p><p>EVERY U.S. CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE. READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.</p><p>Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.</p><p>545 PEOPLE<br>By Charlie Reese</p><p>Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.</p><p>Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?</p><p>Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?</p><p>You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.</p><p>You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.</p><p>You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.</p><p>You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.</p><p>You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.</p><p>One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.</p><p>I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.</p><p>I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason.. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.</p><p>Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.</p><p>What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Dear Mr. President and members of Congress and Senate,Please , stop listening to the corporate un-citizens .
I say un-citizens because all they care about is lining their pockets with money .
Not to say that most Americans would n't love to line their pockets with money as well , but only Corporate citizens ( which are n't even real citizens as they ca n't be called to fight for their country , are n't held accountable for their actions unless someone with more money than them can fight them ) have the money to pay for you to listen to their needs .
The luncheons , the corporate sponsored getaways , the private flights and perks are all their way of buying you , you the representatives of us , not corporations.If you really want to protect the creators of ideas and artistic endevours , you must do away with tyranical organazitions like the RIAA and MPAA which prosecute little children as well as dead or dying citizens for a percieved ( never proven ) loss of a few pennies , all the while wholesale stealing from the very creators they cry woefully to protect.I 'm going to copy en masse an e-mail sent to me - please read it , please consider it , and please , when you are done , think about pushing corporate citizenship back where it belongs , to non citizenship - without rights , without needs to protect as you would the individuals who actually do the creating of everything you wish to protect.Pretty interesting if one reads all the way to the end .
Follow this by reading " Confessions of An Economic Hit Man " , by John Perkins .
We had a surplus in 2000 and no way does the banking industry and those who rule it want to see that again , even if it takes two wars.EVERY U.S. CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE .
READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.545 PEOPLEBy Charlie ReesePoliticians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.Have you ever wondered , if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits , WHY do we have deficits ? Have you ever wondered , if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes , WHY do we have inflation and high taxes ? You and I do n't propose a federal budget .
The president does.You and I do n't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations .
The House of Representatives does.You and I do n't write the tax code , Congress does.You and I do n't set fiscal policy , Congress does.You and I do n't control monetary policy , the Federal Reserve Bank does.One hundred senators , 435 congressmen , one president , and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly , legally , morally , and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress .
In 1913 , Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered , but private , central bank.I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason.. They have no legal authority .
They have no ability to coerce a senator , a congressman , or a president to do one cotton-picking thing .
I do n't care if they offer a politician $ 1 million dollars in cash .
The politician has the power to accept or reject it .
No matter what the lobbyist promises , it is the legislator 's responsibility to determine how he votes.Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault .
They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall .
No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker , who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.. The president can only propose a budget .
He can not force the Congress to accept it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Dear Mr. President and members of Congress and Senate,Please, stop listening to the corporate un-citizens.
I say un-citizens because all they care about is lining their pockets with money.
Not to say that most Americans wouldn't love to line their pockets with money as well, but only Corporate citizens (which aren't even real citizens as they can't be called to fight for their country, aren't held accountable for their actions unless someone with more money than them can fight them) have the money to pay for you to listen to their needs.
The luncheons, the corporate sponsored getaways, the private flights and perks are all their way of buying you, you the representatives of us, not corporations.If you really want to protect the creators of ideas and artistic endevours, you must do away with tyranical organazitions like the RIAA and MPAA which prosecute little children as well as dead or dying citizens for a percieved (never proven) loss of a few pennies, all the while wholesale stealing from the very creators they cry woefully to protect.I'm going to copy en masse an e-mail sent to me - please read it, please consider it, and please, when you are done, think about pushing corporate citizenship back where it belongs, to non citizenship - without rights, without needs to protect as you would the individuals who actually do the creating of everything you wish to protect.Pretty interesting if one reads all the way to the end.
Follow this by reading "Confessions of An Economic Hit Man", by John Perkins.
We had a surplus in 2000 and no way does the banking industry and those who rule it want to see that again, even if it takes two wars.EVERY U.S. CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE.
READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.545 PEOPLEBy Charlie ReesePoliticians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?You and I don't propose a federal budget.
The president does.You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations.
The House of Representatives does.You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress.
In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason.. They have no legal authority.
They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing.
I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash.
The politician has the power to accept or reject it.
No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault.
They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.
No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.. The president can only propose a budget.
He cannot force the Congress to accept it.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475962</id>
	<title>Re:Another un-winnable war.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268570700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The war on piracy.  We must stop the new terrorists!</p><p>and we have always been at war with eurasia.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The war on piracy .
We must stop the new terrorists ! and we have always been at war with eurasia .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The war on piracy.
We must stop the new terrorists!and we have always been at war with eurasia.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478194</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>Zarluk</author>
	<datestamp>1268588340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>The RIAA's laws protect the indie artist FROM the RIAA more so than it protects the RIAA itself.</p></div><p>About indie artists, let me quote Frank Zappa, in a live performance of 'Tities and Beers':<br>
"Don't talk to me about hell. I Know that, I've been there... remember I signed for United Artists for 8 <b>fucking</b> years!"</p><p>What indie artists are you talking about? Madonna?</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>The RIAA 's laws protect the indie artist FROM the RIAA more so than it protects the RIAA itself.About indie artists , let me quote Frank Zappa , in a live performance of 'Tities and Beers ' : " Do n't talk to me about hell .
I Know that , I 've been there... remember I signed for United Artists for 8 fucking years !
" What indie artists are you talking about ?
Madonna ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The RIAA's laws protect the indie artist FROM the RIAA more so than it protects the RIAA itself.About indie artists, let me quote Frank Zappa, in a live performance of 'Tities and Beers':
"Don't talk to me about hell.
I Know that, I've been there... remember I signed for United Artists for 8 fucking years!
"What indie artists are you talking about?
Madonna?
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474570</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268560980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>No, you're wrong.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>No , you 're wrong .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>No, you're wrong.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31480064</id>
	<title>Re:'Our single greatest asset'</title>
	<author>OrangeCatholic</author>
	<datestamp>1268654460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>&gt;Because we (Americans) don't make anything solid anymore.</p><p>That's not true.  January's trade deficit was $37.3 billion.  Sound bad for one month?  We exported <i>$142.7 billion</i> in that same month.  And that doesn't count the domestic market.</p><p>So to say "we don't make anything" is a bit of a stretch.   We don't make <i>enough</i>.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>&gt; Because we ( Americans ) do n't make anything solid anymore.That 's not true .
January 's trade deficit was $ 37.3 billion .
Sound bad for one month ?
We exported $ 142.7 billion in that same month .
And that does n't count the domestic market.So to say " we do n't make anything " is a bit of a stretch .
We do n't make enough .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>&gt;Because we (Americans) don't make anything solid anymore.That's not true.
January's trade deficit was $37.3 billion.
Sound bad for one month?
We exported $142.7 billion in that same month.
And that doesn't count the domestic market.So to say "we don't make anything" is a bit of a stretch.
We don't make enough.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476794</id>
	<title>Nothing changes as long as you vote GOP or Dem.</title>
	<author>aristotle-dude</author>
	<datestamp>1268576280000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext>As you long as voters in the US continue to support the two main parties and uphold the two party system, nothing will ever change.
<p>
You would be better off with a benevolent dictator because at least you could then exert the right to a violent revolution to overthrow the government should they turn into a tyrant.
</p><p>
Here are some apt quotes from Thomas Jefferson:
</p><p>
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. </p><p>
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. </p><p>
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
</p><p>
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
</p><p>
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
</p><p>
No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.
</p><p>
Notice how you supposedly have a democracy and yet you fear your government and you no sense of liberty? Democracy does not guarantee liberty.
</p><p>
Notice how you now have large cities and how corrupt they are? Notice how some of your own people are trying to remove the right to bare arms? Notice how your government wastes money on all sorts of welfare including corporate welfare (bailouts and grants)?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>As you long as voters in the US continue to support the two main parties and uphold the two party system , nothing will ever change .
You would be better off with a benevolent dictator because at least you could then exert the right to a violent revolution to overthrow the government should they turn into a tyrant .
Here are some apt quotes from Thomas Jefferson : The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants .
When the people fear their government , there is tyranny ; when the government fears the people , there is liberty .
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is , as a last resort , to protect themselves against tyranny in government .
When we get piled upon one another in large cities , as in Europe , we shall become as corrupt as Europe .
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them .
No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms .
Notice how you supposedly have a democracy and yet you fear your government and you no sense of liberty ?
Democracy does not guarantee liberty .
Notice how you now have large cities and how corrupt they are ?
Notice how some of your own people are trying to remove the right to bare arms ?
Notice how your government wastes money on all sorts of welfare including corporate welfare ( bailouts and grants ) ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>As you long as voters in the US continue to support the two main parties and uphold the two party system, nothing will ever change.
You would be better off with a benevolent dictator because at least you could then exert the right to a violent revolution to overthrow the government should they turn into a tyrant.
Here are some apt quotes from Thomas Jefferson:

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.
Notice how you supposedly have a democracy and yet you fear your government and you no sense of liberty?
Democracy does not guarantee liberty.
Notice how you now have large cities and how corrupt they are?
Notice how some of your own people are trying to remove the right to bare arms?
Notice how your government wastes money on all sorts of welfare including corporate welfare (bailouts and grants)?</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475110</id>
	<title>Well, obviously.</title>
	<author>Hurricane78</author>
	<datestamp>1268564280000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext><p>Biden, and half the staff are ex-MAFIAA people.</p><p>Wasn&rsquo;t there this staff position, where the first guy hired, went to jail shorty after it. And the replacement also went to jail on day one. Then the third one, I think, stuck. And they all had massive ties to the MAFIAA.<br>Don&rsquo;t remember which position it was though, or I could look up the exact facts.</p><p>But who cares. ACTA is already dead here in Europe. The Pirate Party is gaining strongly, and this will only strengthen it.<br>And unless massive censorship kicks in, the Internet will route around it.</p><p>Look at Brazil. They already ignore the whole patenting/copyright madness of the USA as part of an embargo.<br>Sorry US government (not talking about the population here!), but your times of having the world in a tight grip are over.<br>Bush/Cheney broke the ban. Now avalanche is rolling, and it&rsquo;s going down.</p><p>(I just hope the US population doesn&rsquo;t get punished for the faults of their government.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:/)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Biden , and half the staff are ex-MAFIAA people.Wasn    t there this staff position , where the first guy hired , went to jail shorty after it .
And the replacement also went to jail on day one .
Then the third one , I think , stuck .
And they all had massive ties to the MAFIAA.Don    t remember which position it was though , or I could look up the exact facts.But who cares .
ACTA is already dead here in Europe .
The Pirate Party is gaining strongly , and this will only strengthen it.And unless massive censorship kicks in , the Internet will route around it.Look at Brazil .
They already ignore the whole patenting/copyright madness of the USA as part of an embargo.Sorry US government ( not talking about the population here !
) , but your times of having the world in a tight grip are over.Bush/Cheney broke the ban .
Now avalanche is rolling , and it    s going down .
( I just hope the US population doesn    t get punished for the faults of their government .
: / )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Biden, and half the staff are ex-MAFIAA people.Wasn’t there this staff position, where the first guy hired, went to jail shorty after it.
And the replacement also went to jail on day one.
Then the third one, I think, stuck.
And they all had massive ties to the MAFIAA.Don’t remember which position it was though, or I could look up the exact facts.But who cares.
ACTA is already dead here in Europe.
The Pirate Party is gaining strongly, and this will only strengthen it.And unless massive censorship kicks in, the Internet will route around it.Look at Brazil.
They already ignore the whole patenting/copyright madness of the USA as part of an embargo.Sorry US government (not talking about the population here!
), but your times of having the world in a tight grip are over.Bush/Cheney broke the ban.
Now avalanche is rolling, and it’s going down.
(I just hope the US population doesn’t get punished for the faults of their government.
:/)</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31480402</id>
	<title>Re:Let's Do Something</title>
	<author>Runaway1956</author>
	<datestamp>1268658180000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext><p>Just for info - I wrote my senator a few weeks ago regarding ACTA.  The dizzy wench sent back a form letter, which made it apparent that she and her staff are completely ignorant of what ACTA is all about.  They have zero concept that ACTA and any laws that support the goals of ACTA actually award some tenuously defined "rights" to some sub-class of people, some of whom may or may not be citizens of the United States.  They haven't a clue that awarding those rights actually infringes on the rights of a far greater number of people who most certainly ARE citizens of the United States.</p><p>I don't mean to discourage anyone from writing their congress critters - but you should be prepared to explain what "rights" mean, and whose rights that congress critter should be protecting.  You should be prepared to explain that prostituting themselves to corporate big money is NOT what they were elected to do.</p><p>I truly don't know what's going on in Washington - has my senator taken a bribe?  Is she just ignorant?  Does she not care?  Does she believe that she is protecting American interests?  Has your senator and congressman taken a bribe?</p><p>It's not an easy thing to do, getting their attention.  There are so many fund raisers to attend, so many lobbyists with deep pockets to keep appointments with - they don't notice a dozen, or even a hundred voters asking for attention.</p><p>Just be prepared, is all I'm saying.  Don't expect a response that makes any sense.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Just for info - I wrote my senator a few weeks ago regarding ACTA .
The dizzy wench sent back a form letter , which made it apparent that she and her staff are completely ignorant of what ACTA is all about .
They have zero concept that ACTA and any laws that support the goals of ACTA actually award some tenuously defined " rights " to some sub-class of people , some of whom may or may not be citizens of the United States .
They have n't a clue that awarding those rights actually infringes on the rights of a far greater number of people who most certainly ARE citizens of the United States.I do n't mean to discourage anyone from writing their congress critters - but you should be prepared to explain what " rights " mean , and whose rights that congress critter should be protecting .
You should be prepared to explain that prostituting themselves to corporate big money is NOT what they were elected to do.I truly do n't know what 's going on in Washington - has my senator taken a bribe ?
Is she just ignorant ?
Does she not care ?
Does she believe that she is protecting American interests ?
Has your senator and congressman taken a bribe ? It 's not an easy thing to do , getting their attention .
There are so many fund raisers to attend , so many lobbyists with deep pockets to keep appointments with - they do n't notice a dozen , or even a hundred voters asking for attention.Just be prepared , is all I 'm saying .
Do n't expect a response that makes any sense .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Just for info - I wrote my senator a few weeks ago regarding ACTA.
The dizzy wench sent back a form letter, which made it apparent that she and her staff are completely ignorant of what ACTA is all about.
They have zero concept that ACTA and any laws that support the goals of ACTA actually award some tenuously defined "rights" to some sub-class of people, some of whom may or may not be citizens of the United States.
They haven't a clue that awarding those rights actually infringes on the rights of a far greater number of people who most certainly ARE citizens of the United States.I don't mean to discourage anyone from writing their congress critters - but you should be prepared to explain what "rights" mean, and whose rights that congress critter should be protecting.
You should be prepared to explain that prostituting themselves to corporate big money is NOT what they were elected to do.I truly don't know what's going on in Washington - has my senator taken a bribe?
Is she just ignorant?
Does she not care?
Does she believe that she is protecting American interests?
Has your senator and congressman taken a bribe?It's not an easy thing to do, getting their attention.
There are so many fund raisers to attend, so many lobbyists with deep pockets to keep appointments with - they don't notice a dozen, or even a hundred voters asking for attention.Just be prepared, is all I'm saying.
Don't expect a response that makes any sense.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474968</id>
	<title>Re:"Single greatest" = "sole remaining" amirite?</title>
	<author>CharlyFoxtrot</author>
	<datestamp>1268563440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Next up: The Texas schoolboard mandates that textbooks 'de-emphasise' the RECORDED HISTORICAL FACT that Hollywood was founded on industrialised copyright infringement.</p></div><p>For people wondering about the context here. See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion\_Picture\_Patents\_Company" title="wikipedia.org">Motion Picture Patents Company</a> [wikipedia.org] :</p><p>"Since the 1890s, Thomas Edison owned most of the major American patents relating to motion picture cameras.Since 1902, Edison had also been notifying distributors and exhibitors that if they did not use Edison machines and films exclusively, they would be subject to litigation for supporting filmmaking that infringed Edison&rsquo;s patents.</p><p>[...]</p><p>Many independent filmmakers, who controlled from one-quarter to one-third of the domestic marketplace, responded to the creation of the MPPC by moving their operations to Hollywood, whose distance from Edison&rsquo;s home base of New Jersey made it more difficult for the MPPC to enforce its patents. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and covers the area, was averse to enforcing patent claims."</p><p><a href="http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/439759688/you-a-big-fan-of-aggressive-ip-enforcement-like" title="kungfugrippe.com"> Via</a> [kungfugrippe.com].</p></div>
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<tokenext>Next up : The Texas schoolboard mandates that textbooks 'de-emphasise ' the RECORDED HISTORICAL FACT that Hollywood was founded on industrialised copyright infringement.For people wondering about the context here .
See Motion Picture Patents Company [ wikipedia.org ] : " Since the 1890s , Thomas Edison owned most of the major American patents relating to motion picture cameras.Since 1902 , Edison had also been notifying distributors and exhibitors that if they did not use Edison machines and films exclusively , they would be subject to litigation for supporting filmmaking that infringed Edison    s patents. [ .. .
] Many independent filmmakers , who controlled from one-quarter to one-third of the domestic marketplace , responded to the creation of the MPPC by moving their operations to Hollywood , whose distance from Edison    s home base of New Jersey made it more difficult for the MPPC to enforce its patents .
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals , which is headquartered in San Francisco , California , and covers the area , was averse to enforcing patent claims .
" Via [ kungfugrippe.com ] .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Next up: The Texas schoolboard mandates that textbooks 'de-emphasise' the RECORDED HISTORICAL FACT that Hollywood was founded on industrialised copyright infringement.For people wondering about the context here.
See Motion Picture Patents Company [wikipedia.org] :"Since the 1890s, Thomas Edison owned most of the major American patents relating to motion picture cameras.Since 1902, Edison had also been notifying distributors and exhibitors that if they did not use Edison machines and films exclusively, they would be subject to litigation for supporting filmmaking that infringed Edison’s patents.[...
]Many independent filmmakers, who controlled from one-quarter to one-third of the domestic marketplace, responded to the creation of the MPPC by moving their operations to Hollywood, whose distance from Edison’s home base of New Jersey made it more difficult for the MPPC to enforce its patents.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and covers the area, was averse to enforcing patent claims.
" Via [kungfugrippe.com].
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474876</id>
	<title>Motherhood and apple pie...</title>
	<author>davecb</author>
	<datestamp>1268562960000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext><p>He made some un-controversial statements about protecting U.S industry from commercial copying: "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."

</p><p>I don't think anyone would mind that, and that is what  a <i>legitimate</i> anti-counterfeiting treaty would prevent.

</p><p>Alas, the commentator leaps out from beneath his bridge and shouts "the RIAA wants that too, and they're evil, so Obama is evil".  That's then picked up by a page headed "Obama Care - Stop Him", and retitled "Obama Sides with RIAA, MPAA; Backs ACTA" and referenced here as "Obama Backs MPAA, RIAA, and ACTA".

</p><p>Do you begin to see a pattern here? This is a classic "guilt by association" scam, in which you say "X", and are promptly tarred and feathered by a commentator who says "but the &lt;insert your choice of evil group here&gt; is in favor of X, therfore you're a member/supporter/fellow-traveler of &lt;evil group&gt;.

</p><p>One should attack Mr. Obama for what <i>he</i> said, not for something Mr. Sandoval said on his behalf...

</p><p>--dave</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>He made some un-controversial statements about protecting U.S industry from commercial copying : " But it 's only a competitive advantage if our companies know that someone else ca n't just steal that idea and duplicate it with cheaper inputs and labor .
" I do n't think anyone would mind that , and that is what a legitimate anti-counterfeiting treaty would prevent .
Alas , the commentator leaps out from beneath his bridge and shouts " the RIAA wants that too , and they 're evil , so Obama is evil " .
That 's then picked up by a page headed " Obama Care - Stop Him " , and retitled " Obama Sides with RIAA , MPAA ; Backs ACTA " and referenced here as " Obama Backs MPAA , RIAA , and ACTA " .
Do you begin to see a pattern here ?
This is a classic " guilt by association " scam , in which you say " X " , and are promptly tarred and feathered by a commentator who says " but the is in favor of X , therfore you 're a member/supporter/fellow-traveler of .
One should attack Mr. Obama for what he said , not for something Mr. Sandoval said on his behalf.. . --dave</tokentext>
<sentencetext>He made some un-controversial statements about protecting U.S industry from commercial copying: "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.
"

I don't think anyone would mind that, and that is what  a legitimate anti-counterfeiting treaty would prevent.
Alas, the commentator leaps out from beneath his bridge and shouts "the RIAA wants that too, and they're evil, so Obama is evil".
That's then picked up by a page headed "Obama Care - Stop Him", and retitled "Obama Sides with RIAA, MPAA; Backs ACTA" and referenced here as "Obama Backs MPAA, RIAA, and ACTA".
Do you begin to see a pattern here?
This is a classic "guilt by association" scam, in which you say "X", and are promptly tarred and feathered by a commentator who says "but the  is in favor of X, therfore you're a member/supporter/fellow-traveler of .
One should attack Mr. Obama for what he said, not for something Mr. Sandoval said on his behalf...

--dave</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475424</id>
	<title>Vote for CHANGE</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268566140000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext><p>Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Plus ca change , plus c'est la meme chose .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477914</id>
	<title>Just as they moved with Edison, so will others...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268585400000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>[...]</p><p>Many independent filmmakers, who controlled from one-quarter to one-third of the domestic marketplace, responded to the creation of the MPPC by moving their operations to Hollywood, whose distance from Edison&rsquo;s home base of New Jersey made it more difficult for the MPPC to enforce its patents. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and covers the area, was averse to enforcing patent claims."</p></div><p>Exactly, others will move on elsewhere and exclude the U.S. and other jurisdictions. It is a gross failure to look at history and all aspects to these issues and the debate going on. This is exactly what politicians are doing everywhere when they stand by content with the very biased views of lobbyists only.</p></div>
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<tokenext>[ ... ] Many independent filmmakers , who controlled from one-quarter to one-third of the domestic marketplace , responded to the creation of the MPPC by moving their operations to Hollywood , whose distance from Edison    s home base of New Jersey made it more difficult for the MPPC to enforce its patents .
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals , which is headquartered in San Francisco , California , and covers the area , was averse to enforcing patent claims .
" Exactly , others will move on elsewhere and exclude the U.S. and other jurisdictions .
It is a gross failure to look at history and all aspects to these issues and the debate going on .
This is exactly what politicians are doing everywhere when they stand by content with the very biased views of lobbyists only .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>[...]Many independent filmmakers, who controlled from one-quarter to one-third of the domestic marketplace, responded to the creation of the MPPC by moving their operations to Hollywood, whose distance from Edison’s home base of New Jersey made it more difficult for the MPPC to enforce its patents.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and covers the area, was averse to enforcing patent claims.
"Exactly, others will move on elsewhere and exclude the U.S. and other jurisdictions.
It is a gross failure to look at history and all aspects to these issues and the debate going on.
This is exactly what politicians are doing everywhere when they stand by content with the very biased views of lobbyists only.
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	<title>Big F*cking Suprise There</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268570760000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext><p>Wow, that's a big fucking surprise that Obama and the Democrats suck Hollywood's, the recording industry's, and Big Content's cocks.  And then all the Slashdot lefties try to justify it with "but...but...the Republicans would have done it too!".  Yeah, right.</p><p>Obama is a hypocritical lying piece of crap politician JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS.  Anyone who believes otherwise is a fucking moron.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Wow , that 's a big fucking surprise that Obama and the Democrats suck Hollywood 's , the recording industry 's , and Big Content 's cocks .
And then all the Slashdot lefties try to justify it with " but...but...the Republicans would have done it too ! " .
Yeah , right.Obama is a hypocritical lying piece of crap politician JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS .
Anyone who believes otherwise is a fucking moron .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Wow, that's a big fucking surprise that Obama and the Democrats suck Hollywood's, the recording industry's, and Big Content's cocks.
And then all the Slashdot lefties try to justify it with "but...but...the Republicans would have done it too!".
Yeah, right.Obama is a hypocritical lying piece of crap politician JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS.
Anyone who believes otherwise is a fucking moron.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476020</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>Anonymous Brave Guy</author>
	<datestamp>1268571120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
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	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Implementing IP laws is a net loss for any economy</p></div><p>If that is so, then why do countries in the West with relatively strong IP laws have thriving markets for books, films, music, software, etc., while places like China where there isn't such strong protection for IP have a thriving thriving market for copied stuff that originated in the West?</p><p>Of course artificial monopolies created by IP laws are a net loss <em>after</em> the works have been made, where they deliberately restrict what would otherwise be cheap mass distribution of the works. If we repealed all copyright protection tomorrow, society would benefit enormously, for the next year or two. But this completely ignores the incentivisation aspect of our current IP systems, and what would happen five or ten or twenty years down the line.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Implementing IP laws is a net loss for any economyIf that is so , then why do countries in the West with relatively strong IP laws have thriving markets for books , films , music , software , etc. , while places like China where there is n't such strong protection for IP have a thriving thriving market for copied stuff that originated in the West ? Of course artificial monopolies created by IP laws are a net loss after the works have been made , where they deliberately restrict what would otherwise be cheap mass distribution of the works .
If we repealed all copyright protection tomorrow , society would benefit enormously , for the next year or two .
But this completely ignores the incentivisation aspect of our current IP systems , and what would happen five or ten or twenty years down the line .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Implementing IP laws is a net loss for any economyIf that is so, then why do countries in the West with relatively strong IP laws have thriving markets for books, films, music, software, etc., while places like China where there isn't such strong protection for IP have a thriving thriving market for copied stuff that originated in the West?Of course artificial monopolies created by IP laws are a net loss after the works have been made, where they deliberately restrict what would otherwise be cheap mass distribution of the works.
If we repealed all copyright protection tomorrow, society would benefit enormously, for the next year or two.
But this completely ignores the incentivisation aspect of our current IP systems, and what would happen five or ten or twenty years down the line.
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475120</id>
	<title>Re:Let's Do Something</title>
	<author>MunchMunch</author>
	<datestamp>1268564280000</datestamp>
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	<htmltext>My letter.  I spent plenty of time on it.  It should make good virtual birdcage liner for all the virtual parrots at the White House:<br>
<br>
"Mr. President, <br>
<br>
I, like many, helped to vote you into office in 2008, because I believed you represented a new paradigm of politics.  Certainly, in that election, many people projected their own hopes and values onto you, and no doubt to some extent I did as well.  However, I have been extremely disappointed with your positions on copyright law issues so far.<br>
<br>
Not only have you appointed numerous officials from the RIAA and MPAA, but you have recently commented that the US needs to support the extremely invasive ACTA treaty provisions.  No doubt this position came after many discussions with your RIAA and MPAA appointees, and Vice President Biden.  Mr. Biden has consistently voted in favor of expanding copyright protections, even when they detract from fair use, always in favor of industry interests.<br>
<br>
Make no mistake, Mr. President--you are choosing to support big business at the expense of your constituency.  Copyright is a necessary fact of life, but because it is a monopoly, the Constitution made it a pragmatic right, not an inalienable one-- it must be limited only to the extent it "promotes progress." <br>
<br>
Copyright law now is far removed from that vision.  Instead, the MPAA and RIAA lobby for tougher and tougher laws.  They do not this to "promote progress," but rather to ensure they reap a greater and greater amount of consumer's money.  Congress, and indeed, most former presidents, have also sided with the industry.  Recently, however, the heretofore unrepresented public has organized and opposed or severely limited copyright legislation. <br>
<br>
ACTA and similar treaties are a new strategy, meant to bypass the congressional process.  They launder policy.  In backroom sessions, outside of public comment or attention, these treaties propose extremely invasive and draconian measures that the RIAA and MPAA could only dream of.  Measures such as a "3 strikes" internet disconnect rule, a rule that completely undermines the American judicial system and puts enormous power into private industry hands.  And the public can only hope for a leak or other glimpse at these bills before they are enacted and passed onto Congress for a vote--a vote which all but must pass because now they are "treaty obligations."  <br>
<br>
The fact that you could support this abominable secret treaty is utterly disheartening.  If you continue to stand by this position, you will not have my vote in 2012, no matter how progressive you are on other issues.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
(me)"</htmltext>
<tokenext>My letter .
I spent plenty of time on it .
It should make good virtual birdcage liner for all the virtual parrots at the White House : " Mr. President , I , like many , helped to vote you into office in 2008 , because I believed you represented a new paradigm of politics .
Certainly , in that election , many people projected their own hopes and values onto you , and no doubt to some extent I did as well .
However , I have been extremely disappointed with your positions on copyright law issues so far .
Not only have you appointed numerous officials from the RIAA and MPAA , but you have recently commented that the US needs to support the extremely invasive ACTA treaty provisions .
No doubt this position came after many discussions with your RIAA and MPAA appointees , and Vice President Biden .
Mr. Biden has consistently voted in favor of expanding copyright protections , even when they detract from fair use , always in favor of industry interests .
Make no mistake , Mr. President--you are choosing to support big business at the expense of your constituency .
Copyright is a necessary fact of life , but because it is a monopoly , the Constitution made it a pragmatic right , not an inalienable one-- it must be limited only to the extent it " promotes progress .
" Copyright law now is far removed from that vision .
Instead , the MPAA and RIAA lobby for tougher and tougher laws .
They do not this to " promote progress , " but rather to ensure they reap a greater and greater amount of consumer 's money .
Congress , and indeed , most former presidents , have also sided with the industry .
Recently , however , the heretofore unrepresented public has organized and opposed or severely limited copyright legislation .
ACTA and similar treaties are a new strategy , meant to bypass the congressional process .
They launder policy .
In backroom sessions , outside of public comment or attention , these treaties propose extremely invasive and draconian measures that the RIAA and MPAA could only dream of .
Measures such as a " 3 strikes " internet disconnect rule , a rule that completely undermines the American judicial system and puts enormous power into private industry hands .
And the public can only hope for a leak or other glimpse at these bills before they are enacted and passed onto Congress for a vote--a vote which all but must pass because now they are " treaty obligations .
" The fact that you could support this abominable secret treaty is utterly disheartening .
If you continue to stand by this position , you will not have my vote in 2012 , no matter how progressive you are on other issues .
Sincerely , ( me ) "</tokentext>
<sentencetext>My letter.
I spent plenty of time on it.
It should make good virtual birdcage liner for all the virtual parrots at the White House:

"Mr. President, 

I, like many, helped to vote you into office in 2008, because I believed you represented a new paradigm of politics.
Certainly, in that election, many people projected their own hopes and values onto you, and no doubt to some extent I did as well.
However, I have been extremely disappointed with your positions on copyright law issues so far.
Not only have you appointed numerous officials from the RIAA and MPAA, but you have recently commented that the US needs to support the extremely invasive ACTA treaty provisions.
No doubt this position came after many discussions with your RIAA and MPAA appointees, and Vice President Biden.
Mr. Biden has consistently voted in favor of expanding copyright protections, even when they detract from fair use, always in favor of industry interests.
Make no mistake, Mr. President--you are choosing to support big business at the expense of your constituency.
Copyright is a necessary fact of life, but because it is a monopoly, the Constitution made it a pragmatic right, not an inalienable one-- it must be limited only to the extent it "promotes progress.
" 

Copyright law now is far removed from that vision.
Instead, the MPAA and RIAA lobby for tougher and tougher laws.
They do not this to "promote progress," but rather to ensure they reap a greater and greater amount of consumer's money.
Congress, and indeed, most former presidents, have also sided with the industry.
Recently, however, the heretofore unrepresented public has organized and opposed or severely limited copyright legislation.
ACTA and similar treaties are a new strategy, meant to bypass the congressional process.
They launder policy.
In backroom sessions, outside of public comment or attention, these treaties propose extremely invasive and draconian measures that the RIAA and MPAA could only dream of.
Measures such as a "3 strikes" internet disconnect rule, a rule that completely undermines the American judicial system and puts enormous power into private industry hands.
And the public can only hope for a leak or other glimpse at these bills before they are enacted and passed onto Congress for a vote--a vote which all but must pass because now they are "treaty obligations.
"  

The fact that you could support this abominable secret treaty is utterly disheartening.
If you continue to stand by this position, you will not have my vote in 2012, no matter how progressive you are on other issues.
Sincerely,

(me)"</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475490</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>Spewns</author>
	<datestamp>1268566680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>TEA PARTY = grass roots</p></div><p>Good one. I didn't know "sponsored by Fox News" == "grass roots."</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>TEA PARTY = grass rootsGood one .
I did n't know " sponsored by Fox News " = = " grass roots .
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>TEA PARTY = grass rootsGood one.
I didn't know "sponsored by Fox News" == "grass roots.
"
	</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475664</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268568240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>You're wasting your time.  Slashdot has several constituencies, but on matters pertaining to copyright protection it's basically the Tea Party.  Rational argument is utterly useless with these people.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>You 're wasting your time .
Slashdot has several constituencies , but on matters pertaining to copyright protection it 's basically the Tea Party .
Rational argument is utterly useless with these people .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You're wasting your time.
Slashdot has several constituencies, but on matters pertaining to copyright protection it's basically the Tea Party.
Rational argument is utterly useless with these people.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475420</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>vlad30</author>
	<datestamp>1268566140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Ip Laws in principle are not wrong but the length of time is. If my children and grand children can live off some IP I developed, They have little incentive to create on their own. Same goes for corporations</htmltext>
<tokenext>Ip Laws in principle are not wrong but the length of time is .
If my children and grand children can live off some IP I developed , They have little incentive to create on their own .
Same goes for corporations</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Ip Laws in principle are not wrong but the length of time is.
If my children and grand children can live off some IP I developed, They have little incentive to create on their own.
Same goes for corporations</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474886</id>
	<title>Re:Is anyone really surprised by this?</title>
	<author>ffreeloader</author>
	<datestamp>1268563020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Redundant</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Flamebait?  Everything I said is true.  Just because you don't like what I said doesn't mean it's a troll or flamebait.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Flamebait ?
Everything I said is true .
Just because you do n't like what I said does n't mean it 's a troll or flamebait .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Flamebait?
Everything I said is true.
Just because you don't like what I said doesn't mean it's a troll or flamebait.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474804</id>
	<title>There, he said it *almost*</title>
	<author>roguegramma</author>
	<datestamp>1268562600000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>He could just as well have said:<br>"We welcome low standards for patents and long timespans for copyrights because this will help our economy, and we will push these rules down the throat of other nations."</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>He could just as well have said : " We welcome low standards for patents and long timespans for copyrights because this will help our economy , and we will push these rules down the throat of other nations .
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>He could just as well have said:"We welcome low standards for patents and long timespans for copyrights because this will help our economy, and we will push these rules down the throat of other nations.
"</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476058</id>
	<title>Jefferson</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268571420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It has been pretended by some that inventors have a natural and exclusive right to their inventions, and not merely for their own lives, but inheritable to their heirs. But while it is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all, it would be singular to admit a natural and even an hereditary right to inventors. It is agreed by those who have seriously considered the subject, that no individual has, of natural right, a separate property in an acre of land, for instance. By an universal law, indeed, whatever, whether fixed or movable, belongs to all men equally and in common, is the property for the moment of him who occupies it, but when he relinquishes the occupation, the property goes with it. Stable ownership is the gift of social law, and is given late in the progress of society. It would be curious then, if an idea, the fugitive fermentation of an individual brain, could, of natural right, be claimed in exclusive and stable property. If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it. Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density in any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation. Inventions then cannot, in nature, be a subject of property. Society may give an exclusive right to the profits arising from them, as an encouragement to men to pursue ideas which may produce utility, but this may or may not be done, according to the will and convenience of the society, without claim or complaint from anybody. Accordingly, it is a fact, as far as I am informed, that England was, until we copied her, the only country on earth which ever, by a general law, gave a legal right to the exclusive use of an idea. In some other countries it is sometimes done, in a great case, and by a special and personal act, but, generally speaking, other nations have thought that these monopolies produce more embarrassment than advantage to society; and it may be observed that the nations which refuse monopolies of invention, are as fruitful as England in new and useful devices.</p><p>[No wonder the texas board of education wants jefferson written the fuck out of american history]</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It has been pretended by some that inventors have a natural and exclusive right to their inventions , and not merely for their own lives , but inheritable to their heirs .
But while it is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all , it would be singular to admit a natural and even an hereditary right to inventors .
It is agreed by those who have seriously considered the subject , that no individual has , of natural right , a separate property in an acre of land , for instance .
By an universal law , indeed , whatever , whether fixed or movable , belongs to all men equally and in common , is the property for the moment of him who occupies it , but when he relinquishes the occupation , the property goes with it .
Stable ownership is the gift of social law , and is given late in the progress of society .
It would be curious then , if an idea , the fugitive fermentation of an individual brain , could , of natural right , be claimed in exclusive and stable property .
If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property , it is the action of the thinking power called an idea , which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself ; but the moment it is divulged , it forces itself into the possession of every one , and the receiver can not dispossess himself of it .
Its peculiar character , too , is that no one possesses the less , because every other possesses the whole of it .
He who receives an idea from me , receives instruction himself without lessening mine ; as he who lights his taper at mine , receives light without darkening me .
That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe , for the moral and mutual instruction of man , and improvement of his condition , seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature , when she made them , like fire , expansible over all space , without lessening their density in any point , and like the air in which we breathe , move , and have our physical being , incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation .
Inventions then can not , in nature , be a subject of property .
Society may give an exclusive right to the profits arising from them , as an encouragement to men to pursue ideas which may produce utility , but this may or may not be done , according to the will and convenience of the society , without claim or complaint from anybody .
Accordingly , it is a fact , as far as I am informed , that England was , until we copied her , the only country on earth which ever , by a general law , gave a legal right to the exclusive use of an idea .
In some other countries it is sometimes done , in a great case , and by a special and personal act , but , generally speaking , other nations have thought that these monopolies produce more embarrassment than advantage to society ; and it may be observed that the nations which refuse monopolies of invention , are as fruitful as England in new and useful devices .
[ No wonder the texas board of education wants jefferson written the fuck out of american history ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It has been pretended by some that inventors have a natural and exclusive right to their inventions, and not merely for their own lives, but inheritable to their heirs.
But while it is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all, it would be singular to admit a natural and even an hereditary right to inventors.
It is agreed by those who have seriously considered the subject, that no individual has, of natural right, a separate property in an acre of land, for instance.
By an universal law, indeed, whatever, whether fixed or movable, belongs to all men equally and in common, is the property for the moment of him who occupies it, but when he relinquishes the occupation, the property goes with it.
Stable ownership is the gift of social law, and is given late in the progress of society.
It would be curious then, if an idea, the fugitive fermentation of an individual brain, could, of natural right, be claimed in exclusive and stable property.
If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it.
Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it.
He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density in any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation.
Inventions then cannot, in nature, be a subject of property.
Society may give an exclusive right to the profits arising from them, as an encouragement to men to pursue ideas which may produce utility, but this may or may not be done, according to the will and convenience of the society, without claim or complaint from anybody.
Accordingly, it is a fact, as far as I am informed, that England was, until we copied her, the only country on earth which ever, by a general law, gave a legal right to the exclusive use of an idea.
In some other countries it is sometimes done, in a great case, and by a special and personal act, but, generally speaking, other nations have thought that these monopolies produce more embarrassment than advantage to society; and it may be observed that the nations which refuse monopolies of invention, are as fruitful as England in new and useful devices.
[No wonder the texas board of education wants jefferson written the fuck out of american history]</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475448</id>
	<title>See European tally of pride</title>
	<author>unity100</author>
	<datestamp>1268566320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><a href="http://votewatch.eu/cx\_vote\_details.php?id\_act=456&amp;lang=en#1" title="votewatch.eu">http://votewatch.eu/cx\_vote\_details.php?id\_act=456&amp;lang=en#1</a> [votewatch.eu]</p><p>votes by members. surprisingly, the votes are also in line with their national party lines.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>http : //votewatch.eu/cx \ _vote \ _details.php ? id \ _act = 456&amp;lang = en # 1 [ votewatch.eu ] votes by members .
surprisingly , the votes are also in line with their national party lines .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>http://votewatch.eu/cx\_vote\_details.php?id\_act=456&amp;lang=en#1 [votewatch.eu]votes by members.
surprisingly, the votes are also in line with their national party lines.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474978</id>
	<title>Re:Let's Do Something More Agressive</title>
	<author>Black Gold Alchemist</author>
	<datestamp>1268563560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Let's develop a new business model for artists (that results in more money in their pockets overall). Let's convince young people (the media firms' primary customers) that the media companies are evil, for the same reason everyone hates Monsanto or $EVIL\_CORP.<br> <br>

The only hope for freedom is the destruction of the media companies. If we fight the individual legislation, they will simply bring it back, again and again.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Let 's develop a new business model for artists ( that results in more money in their pockets overall ) .
Let 's convince young people ( the media firms ' primary customers ) that the media companies are evil , for the same reason everyone hates Monsanto or $ EVIL \ _CORP .
The only hope for freedom is the destruction of the media companies .
If we fight the individual legislation , they will simply bring it back , again and again .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Let's develop a new business model for artists (that results in more money in their pockets overall).
Let's convince young people (the media firms' primary customers) that the media companies are evil, for the same reason everyone hates Monsanto or $EVIL\_CORP.
The only hope for freedom is the destruction of the media companies.
If we fight the individual legislation, they will simply bring it back, again and again.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478498</id>
	<title>Re:Motherhood and apple pie...</title>
	<author>countertrolling</author>
	<datestamp>1268592840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>One should attack Mr. Obama for what he said...</i></p><p>Might want to wait to see what he does. If anybody knows the difference between talk and action, it's a politician.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>One should attack Mr. Obama for what he said...Might want to wait to see what he does .
If anybody knows the difference between talk and action , it 's a politician .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>One should attack Mr. Obama for what he said...Might want to wait to see what he does.
If anybody knows the difference between talk and action, it's a politician.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474780</id>
	<title>ugh. gimme a break.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268562480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Intellectual property and copyright are going to be the single greatest hinderance to innovation within this country as patent trolls and copyright lawyers can expect ever increasing amounts of litigation and profit based off of hurting those who are actually going out there and developing products and services which help push the limits of technology. Personally, I come from the belief that if someone can do it better, they should, and that true competition is based off of who is the best. A simple case and point with this is the iPhone*, while Apple introduced little that truly innovated (phone, web-browsing, iPod, email) it was their method and vision which differentiated the iPhone apart from other offerings on the market and earned its position in the mobile market. Imagine if Blackberry held a patent that gave them sole-access to emailing using a non-tethered wireless connected input device, while Nokia held a patent for making phone calls from a device with no central bay-station, and Microsoft held a patent preventing the use of Web-Browsers on anything but Windows Mobile Phones? Well, Apple would've released a really fancy iPod (it's arguable that that's all they did...) and that would've been it.</p><p>For a truly competitive market we need nothing but innovation, ingenuity, and gusto, but the free-marketeers and oligopolists will never let that slide because they don't want innovation they want<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/absurd/ profits. I know things must be paid for, and that a great amount of money is spent on R&amp;D by firms in high-tech, but! They have an advantage of capital, internal knowledge, and a huge labor force to help curb competition already--why do they need more of an advantage. I'm getting lazy, so...<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/end rant.</p><p>Oh wait, one final remark, if another country has access to a large unskilled labor-force and can reproduce something for less--they should. America on the other hand should be using it's highly-skilled labor force, *cough* comparative advantage *cough*, to produce goods which cannot be reproduced without capital and highly-skilled labor.</p><p>*I know the iPhone has an absurd amount of patents on it, most probably bullshit, but just ignore this for the example.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Intellectual property and copyright are going to be the single greatest hinderance to innovation within this country as patent trolls and copyright lawyers can expect ever increasing amounts of litigation and profit based off of hurting those who are actually going out there and developing products and services which help push the limits of technology .
Personally , I come from the belief that if someone can do it better , they should , and that true competition is based off of who is the best .
A simple case and point with this is the iPhone * , while Apple introduced little that truly innovated ( phone , web-browsing , iPod , email ) it was their method and vision which differentiated the iPhone apart from other offerings on the market and earned its position in the mobile market .
Imagine if Blackberry held a patent that gave them sole-access to emailing using a non-tethered wireless connected input device , while Nokia held a patent for making phone calls from a device with no central bay-station , and Microsoft held a patent preventing the use of Web-Browsers on anything but Windows Mobile Phones ?
Well , Apple would 've released a really fancy iPod ( it 's arguable that that 's all they did... ) and that would 've been it.For a truly competitive market we need nothing but innovation , ingenuity , and gusto , but the free-marketeers and oligopolists will never let that slide because they do n't want innovation they want /absurd/ profits .
I know things must be paid for , and that a great amount of money is spent on R&amp;D by firms in high-tech , but !
They have an advantage of capital , internal knowledge , and a huge labor force to help curb competition already--why do they need more of an advantage .
I 'm getting lazy , so... /end rant.Oh wait , one final remark , if another country has access to a large unskilled labor-force and can reproduce something for less--they should .
America on the other hand should be using it 's highly-skilled labor force , * cough * comparative advantage * cough * , to produce goods which can not be reproduced without capital and highly-skilled labor .
* I know the iPhone has an absurd amount of patents on it , most probably bullshit , but just ignore this for the example .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Intellectual property and copyright are going to be the single greatest hinderance to innovation within this country as patent trolls and copyright lawyers can expect ever increasing amounts of litigation and profit based off of hurting those who are actually going out there and developing products and services which help push the limits of technology.
Personally, I come from the belief that if someone can do it better, they should, and that true competition is based off of who is the best.
A simple case and point with this is the iPhone*, while Apple introduced little that truly innovated (phone, web-browsing, iPod, email) it was their method and vision which differentiated the iPhone apart from other offerings on the market and earned its position in the mobile market.
Imagine if Blackberry held a patent that gave them sole-access to emailing using a non-tethered wireless connected input device, while Nokia held a patent for making phone calls from a device with no central bay-station, and Microsoft held a patent preventing the use of Web-Browsers on anything but Windows Mobile Phones?
Well, Apple would've released a really fancy iPod (it's arguable that that's all they did...) and that would've been it.For a truly competitive market we need nothing but innovation, ingenuity, and gusto, but the free-marketeers and oligopolists will never let that slide because they don't want innovation they want /absurd/ profits.
I know things must be paid for, and that a great amount of money is spent on R&amp;D by firms in high-tech, but!
They have an advantage of capital, internal knowledge, and a huge labor force to help curb competition already--why do they need more of an advantage.
I'm getting lazy, so... /end rant.Oh wait, one final remark, if another country has access to a large unskilled labor-force and can reproduce something for less--they should.
America on the other hand should be using it's highly-skilled labor force, *cough* comparative advantage *cough*, to produce goods which cannot be reproduced without capital and highly-skilled labor.
*I know the iPhone has an absurd amount of patents on it, most probably bullshit, but just ignore this for the example.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475910</id>
	<title>Re:I really despise obama now.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268570220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The funny thing is that republicans still refer to liberals as "Obama lovers", they seriously think we still support him. How can they be so stupid?</p><p>Anyway, the real problem I see is that liberals are a party without leaders, how can anyone achieve anything when every single politician is sold out?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The funny thing is that republicans still refer to liberals as " Obama lovers " , they seriously think we still support him .
How can they be so stupid ? Anyway , the real problem I see is that liberals are a party without leaders , how can anyone achieve anything when every single politician is sold out ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The funny thing is that republicans still refer to liberals as "Obama lovers", they seriously think we still support him.
How can they be so stupid?Anyway, the real problem I see is that liberals are a party without leaders, how can anyone achieve anything when every single politician is sold out?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474522</id>
	<title>"Single greatest" = "sole remaining" amirite?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268560680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Next up: The Texas schoolboard mandates that textbooks 'de-emphasise' the RECORDED HISTORICAL FACT that Hollywood was founded on industrialised copyright infringement.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Next up : The Texas schoolboard mandates that textbooks 'de-emphasise ' the RECORDED HISTORICAL FACT that Hollywood was founded on industrialised copyright infringement .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Next up: The Texas schoolboard mandates that textbooks 'de-emphasise' the RECORDED HISTORICAL FACT that Hollywood was founded on industrialised copyright infringement.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31532986</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>DemApples</author>
	<datestamp>1268934300000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>The central platform of the Coffee Party is campaign reform - the $100 cap on donations, repealing corporations having the same rights as individuals, etc.  They're all about getting both sides of the aisle working for the people instead of special interests.</htmltext>
<tokenext>The central platform of the Coffee Party is campaign reform - the $ 100 cap on donations , repealing corporations having the same rights as individuals , etc .
They 're all about getting both sides of the aisle working for the people instead of special interests .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The central platform of the Coffee Party is campaign reform - the $100 cap on donations, repealing corporations having the same rights as individuals, etc.
They're all about getting both sides of the aisle working for the people instead of special interests.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475276</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474646</id>
	<title>Unrealistic World View</title>
	<author>gweihir</author>
	<datestamp>1268561580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>In any reasonably free society, copying of digital content is impossible to prevent. In non-free societies, it does not matter as those in power can take the money of anybody anyways. So, trying to prevent copying of digital content is just a sure path to failure. Incidentially, protecting outdated business models holds a society back and is bad for eveybody.</p><p>Well, I guess it does not matter that much for the rest of the world, the US-centric century is certainly over, as its economic power is vanishing rapidly.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>In any reasonably free society , copying of digital content is impossible to prevent .
In non-free societies , it does not matter as those in power can take the money of anybody anyways .
So , trying to prevent copying of digital content is just a sure path to failure .
Incidentially , protecting outdated business models holds a society back and is bad for eveybody.Well , I guess it does not matter that much for the rest of the world , the US-centric century is certainly over , as its economic power is vanishing rapidly .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>In any reasonably free society, copying of digital content is impossible to prevent.
In non-free societies, it does not matter as those in power can take the money of anybody anyways.
So, trying to prevent copying of digital content is just a sure path to failure.
Incidentially, protecting outdated business models holds a society back and is bad for eveybody.Well, I guess it does not matter that much for the rest of the world, the US-centric century is certainly over, as its economic power is vanishing rapidly.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476068</id>
	<title>Re:Very misleading article</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268571480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>what about fair use ?<br>what about health care redlining ?</p><p>we just need BOTH sides of the contracts enforced.</p><p>jr</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>what about fair use ? what about health care redlining ? we just need BOTH sides of the contracts enforced.jr</tokentext>
<sentencetext>what about fair use ?what about health care redlining ?we just need BOTH sides of the contracts enforced.jr</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474808</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475168</id>
	<title>Cartels</title>
	<author>Midnight Thunder</author>
	<datestamp>1268564520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I thought cartels were generally considered illegal. By supporting these entities he is essentially supporting the notion of legal cartels. I think the USA is going to become more and more isolated in its point of views.</p><p>I had great hope for some real change when Obama came in, but he standing shows that there isn't really much separating the Democrats and the Republicans. For me, it really goes to show the whole notion of democracy in the states is more about changing the logo of the party in charge, rather than anything else. Which ever party is in charge, it is still the corporations which hold them by the balls. What it will take to institute a government which is by the people for the people, rather than by the people for the corporations.</p><p>I have nothing against copyright, rather I disagree with copyrights going beyond a reasonable amount of time.</p><p>One question I do have, is what will the reaction of the open source community be in 70 years when the first copyrights of Linux become public domain? This is not a indication of support for long copyrights, but trying to understand the reaction of the community when the shoe is on the other foot.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I thought cartels were generally considered illegal .
By supporting these entities he is essentially supporting the notion of legal cartels .
I think the USA is going to become more and more isolated in its point of views.I had great hope for some real change when Obama came in , but he standing shows that there is n't really much separating the Democrats and the Republicans .
For me , it really goes to show the whole notion of democracy in the states is more about changing the logo of the party in charge , rather than anything else .
Which ever party is in charge , it is still the corporations which hold them by the balls .
What it will take to institute a government which is by the people for the people , rather than by the people for the corporations.I have nothing against copyright , rather I disagree with copyrights going beyond a reasonable amount of time.One question I do have , is what will the reaction of the open source community be in 70 years when the first copyrights of Linux become public domain ?
This is not a indication of support for long copyrights , but trying to understand the reaction of the community when the shoe is on the other foot .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I thought cartels were generally considered illegal.
By supporting these entities he is essentially supporting the notion of legal cartels.
I think the USA is going to become more and more isolated in its point of views.I had great hope for some real change when Obama came in, but he standing shows that there isn't really much separating the Democrats and the Republicans.
For me, it really goes to show the whole notion of democracy in the states is more about changing the logo of the party in charge, rather than anything else.
Which ever party is in charge, it is still the corporations which hold them by the balls.
What it will take to institute a government which is by the people for the people, rather than by the people for the corporations.I have nothing against copyright, rather I disagree with copyrights going beyond a reasonable amount of time.One question I do have, is what will the reaction of the open source community be in 70 years when the first copyrights of Linux become public domain?
This is not a indication of support for long copyrights, but trying to understand the reaction of the community when the shoe is on the other foot.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474546</id>
	<title>Re:It could have been worse...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268560800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>...at least he's not a Republican!</i></p><p>Nicely put.  But this forum is overrun by one of the most disgusting forms of near-sentient fecal matter (right-wing trolls), so we can expect a quick rise to the basement.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>...at least he 's not a Republican ! Nicely put .
But this forum is overrun by one of the most disgusting forms of near-sentient fecal matter ( right-wing trolls ) , so we can expect a quick rise to the basement .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>...at least he's not a Republican!Nicely put.
But this forum is overrun by one of the most disgusting forms of near-sentient fecal matter (right-wing trolls), so we can expect a quick rise to the basement.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474500</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476732</id>
	<title>Re:Motherhood and apple pie...</title>
	<author>HiThere</author>
	<datestamp>1268575980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>You're right, the evidence isn't there.  But it isn't available to show that he's wrong, either, and based on the maneuvering that's being done the commentators opinions seem a plausible interpretation.  You can't offer any evidence that he's wrong, because they (the feds and their accomplices) have hidden the evidence.  And since if he were wrong there's not much reason for them to have hidden it, he's probably right, even if he can't prove it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>You 're right , the evidence is n't there .
But it is n't available to show that he 's wrong , either , and based on the maneuvering that 's being done the commentators opinions seem a plausible interpretation .
You ca n't offer any evidence that he 's wrong , because they ( the feds and their accomplices ) have hidden the evidence .
And since if he were wrong there 's not much reason for them to have hidden it , he 's probably right , even if he ca n't prove it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You're right, the evidence isn't there.
But it isn't available to show that he's wrong, either, and based on the maneuvering that's being done the commentators opinions seem a plausible interpretation.
You can't offer any evidence that he's wrong, because they (the feds and their accomplices) have hidden the evidence.
And since if he were wrong there's not much reason for them to have hidden it, he's probably right, even if he can't prove it.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474876</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475934</id>
	<title>lalala</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268570460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>hahaha, get fucked murika</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>hahaha , get fucked murika</tokentext>
<sentencetext>hahaha, get fucked murika</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31492822</id>
	<title>Movie &amp; Music = Intellectual Property?</title>
	<author>LostMyBeaver</author>
	<datestamp>1268732580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Seriously, I'm a huge fan of protecting intellectual property... FAIRLY. It also needs to be intellectual property. I have no arguments that movie makers and musicians MUST be rewarded for their work. In fact, I personally own 1000 DVDs, 1-2,000 books, about 500 audiobooks and who knows what else. But I DO NOT consider them intellectual property. They are art. There needs to be a difference.<br><br>The technology used to produce the movie IS intellectual property. The design of a guitar IS intellectual property. The music and films produced with these tools IS ART.<br><br>Artists SHOULD be rewarded for their efforts and what they have produced. But it is not the art they're producing which makes a country like America great. People everywhere make art. If you're to give some form of intellectual property for making the U.S. great, it's tangible items designed by Americans that do. Everything from the battery powered nail gun to the fan assisted finger nail drier. It's their creativity when designing solutions to problems that makes them great.<br><br>Intellectual Property rights that reward people for coming up with solutions to problems should exist. They should not stop competitors from riding their coat tails, but instead should require the competitor to pay for the rights to make use of the ideas.<br><br>It's about time that the government stops considering art and solutions to problems to be the same thing. I highly respect artists and movie makes, but the fact is, I'm offended as a creator of solutions to be mushed into the same group with someone else like this!</htmltext>
<tokenext>Seriously , I 'm a huge fan of protecting intellectual property... FAIRLY. It also needs to be intellectual property .
I have no arguments that movie makers and musicians MUST be rewarded for their work .
In fact , I personally own 1000 DVDs , 1-2,000 books , about 500 audiobooks and who knows what else .
But I DO NOT consider them intellectual property .
They are art .
There needs to be a difference.The technology used to produce the movie IS intellectual property .
The design of a guitar IS intellectual property .
The music and films produced with these tools IS ART.Artists SHOULD be rewarded for their efforts and what they have produced .
But it is not the art they 're producing which makes a country like America great .
People everywhere make art .
If you 're to give some form of intellectual property for making the U.S. great , it 's tangible items designed by Americans that do .
Everything from the battery powered nail gun to the fan assisted finger nail drier .
It 's their creativity when designing solutions to problems that makes them great.Intellectual Property rights that reward people for coming up with solutions to problems should exist .
They should not stop competitors from riding their coat tails , but instead should require the competitor to pay for the rights to make use of the ideas.It 's about time that the government stops considering art and solutions to problems to be the same thing .
I highly respect artists and movie makes , but the fact is , I 'm offended as a creator of solutions to be mushed into the same group with someone else like this !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Seriously, I'm a huge fan of protecting intellectual property... FAIRLY. It also needs to be intellectual property.
I have no arguments that movie makers and musicians MUST be rewarded for their work.
In fact, I personally own 1000 DVDs, 1-2,000 books, about 500 audiobooks and who knows what else.
But I DO NOT consider them intellectual property.
They are art.
There needs to be a difference.The technology used to produce the movie IS intellectual property.
The design of a guitar IS intellectual property.
The music and films produced with these tools IS ART.Artists SHOULD be rewarded for their efforts and what they have produced.
But it is not the art they're producing which makes a country like America great.
People everywhere make art.
If you're to give some form of intellectual property for making the U.S. great, it's tangible items designed by Americans that do.
Everything from the battery powered nail gun to the fan assisted finger nail drier.
It's their creativity when designing solutions to problems that makes them great.Intellectual Property rights that reward people for coming up with solutions to problems should exist.
They should not stop competitors from riding their coat tails, but instead should require the competitor to pay for the rights to make use of the ideas.It's about time that the government stops considering art and solutions to problems to be the same thing.
I highly respect artists and movie makes, but the fact is, I'm offended as a creator of solutions to be mushed into the same group with someone else like this!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474532</id>
	<title>I said it before</title>
	<author>DigiShaman</author>
	<datestamp>1268560740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Redundant</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>National Security folks. National Security. Gotta keep that GDP up for increased tax revenue. At least, so they think.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>National Security folks .
National Security .
Got ta keep that GDP up for increased tax revenue .
At least , so they think .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>National Security folks.
National Security.
Gotta keep that GDP up for increased tax revenue.
At least, so they think.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475260</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268565060000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p> IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy</p></div><p>That's an assertion, not an argument.  I'll agree that creativity and intellectual endeavour will be the foundation of any future economy.  Whether these are best embodied, encouraged, and protected by a system that treats new ideas like tangible property or by some other mechanism is less obvious.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>IP is going to be the foundation of any future economyThat 's an assertion , not an argument .
I 'll agree that creativity and intellectual endeavour will be the foundation of any future economy .
Whether these are best embodied , encouraged , and protected by a system that treats new ideas like tangible property or by some other mechanism is less obvious .</tokentext>
<sentencetext> IP is going to be the foundation of any future economyThat's an assertion, not an argument.
I'll agree that creativity and intellectual endeavour will be the foundation of any future economy.
Whether these are best embodied, encouraged, and protected by a system that treats new ideas like tangible property or by some other mechanism is less obvious.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31483662</id>
	<title>Re:Imaginary property is insolvent</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268675520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Too much work, and takes too long (aka: longer than the next quarterly report) to see profit.  By going with IP, you see instant profit, and all you need are a truckload or two of lawyers and bullying... just what the USA does best.  Or at least does the most.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Too much work , and takes too long ( aka : longer than the next quarterly report ) to see profit .
By going with IP , you see instant profit , and all you need are a truckload or two of lawyers and bullying... just what the USA does best .
Or at least does the most .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Too much work, and takes too long (aka: longer than the next quarterly report) to see profit.
By going with IP, you see instant profit, and all you need are a truckload or two of lawyers and bullying... just what the USA does best.
Or at least does the most.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474920</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31481008</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268662920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>We shouldn't have to rely on fringe nutjobs to get good governance. Alas...</htmltext>
<tokenext>We should n't have to rely on fringe nutjobs to get good governance .
Alas.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>We shouldn't have to rely on fringe nutjobs to get good governance.
Alas...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475602</id>
	<title>Open Source</title>
	<author>chucklebutte</author>
	<datestamp>1268567700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>is the only cure for this. If enough software/games/movies/music is licensed under the GPL then there would be no need to waste money on crappy closed source options. All of what I mentioned are just promotion, give me office for free charge me for support, or give me more incentive to buy like lower prices or include extra scarce products with my software/music/movies/games etc. Sell me the experience not the imaginary 1's and 0's on a piece of plastic that cost less than what one of my toe nail clippings are worth!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>is the only cure for this .
If enough software/games/movies/music is licensed under the GPL then there would be no need to waste money on crappy closed source options .
All of what I mentioned are just promotion , give me office for free charge me for support , or give me more incentive to buy like lower prices or include extra scarce products with my software/music/movies/games etc .
Sell me the experience not the imaginary 1 's and 0 's on a piece of plastic that cost less than what one of my toe nail clippings are worth !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>is the only cure for this.
If enough software/games/movies/music is licensed under the GPL then there would be no need to waste money on crappy closed source options.
All of what I mentioned are just promotion, give me office for free charge me for support, or give me more incentive to buy like lower prices or include extra scarce products with my software/music/movies/games etc.
Sell me the experience not the imaginary 1's and 0's on a piece of plastic that cost less than what one of my toe nail clippings are worth!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474748</id>
	<title>Anyone remember RIAA/MPAA's stance on Open Source?</title>
	<author>correnos</author>
	<datestamp>1268562360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>In case you don't, it was in the news a while ago. They called it piracy and against capitalist ideals. Am I the only one who is beginning to get worried?</htmltext>
<tokenext>In case you do n't , it was in the news a while ago .
They called it piracy and against capitalist ideals .
Am I the only one who is beginning to get worried ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>In case you don't, it was in the news a while ago.
They called it piracy and against capitalist ideals.
Am I the only one who is beginning to get worried?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31479258</id>
	<title>As an unamerican...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268646540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I feel that we face two problems here: The fact that US media companies want to saturate our culture and our media with mediocre trash, and the fact that they want us to pay for it...</p><p>Wait, make that zero problems.</p><p>Time to start making our own shit and putting it straight in the public domain.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I feel that we face two problems here : The fact that US media companies want to saturate our culture and our media with mediocre trash , and the fact that they want us to pay for it...Wait , make that zero problems.Time to start making our own shit and putting it straight in the public domain .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I feel that we face two problems here: The fact that US media companies want to saturate our culture and our media with mediocre trash, and the fact that they want us to pay for it...Wait, make that zero problems.Time to start making our own shit and putting it straight in the public domain.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474734</id>
	<title>Really? REALLY?!?!</title>
	<author>hguiney</author>
	<datestamp>1268562240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Obama seems to love giving token support to the more popular side of big issues like these without actually researching them first. If he's supposed to be a man of the people, how about supporting consumer rights such as the right to make legal backups of purchased media and the right to enjoy that media on devices of our choosing? Protecting IP is important but not at the expense of the people who make that IP valuable.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Obama seems to love giving token support to the more popular side of big issues like these without actually researching them first .
If he 's supposed to be a man of the people , how about supporting consumer rights such as the right to make legal backups of purchased media and the right to enjoy that media on devices of our choosing ?
Protecting IP is important but not at the expense of the people who make that IP valuable .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Obama seems to love giving token support to the more popular side of big issues like these without actually researching them first.
If he's supposed to be a man of the people, how about supporting consumer rights such as the right to make legal backups of purchased media and the right to enjoy that media on devices of our choosing?
Protecting IP is important but not at the expense of the people who make that IP valuable.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475284</id>
	<title>Re:I really despise obama now.</title>
	<author>lytles</author>
	<datestamp>1268565300000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>agree with you to a degree, but it was pretty clear to me where he stood on IP and such when he selected biden as running mate. as much as i don't like where he's headed, i don't think we can claim that he's changed directions much</p><p>actually, i'd say he's been remarkably honest to the message that his campaign sent (both explicit and implicit)<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... just too bad that i didn't agree with too much of that message<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:(</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>agree with you to a degree , but it was pretty clear to me where he stood on IP and such when he selected biden as running mate .
as much as i do n't like where he 's headed , i do n't think we can claim that he 's changed directions muchactually , i 'd say he 's been remarkably honest to the message that his campaign sent ( both explicit and implicit ) ... just too bad that i did n't agree with too much of that message : (</tokentext>
<sentencetext>agree with you to a degree, but it was pretty clear to me where he stood on IP and such when he selected biden as running mate.
as much as i don't like where he's headed, i don't think we can claim that he's changed directions muchactually, i'd say he's been remarkably honest to the message that his campaign sent (both explicit and implicit) ... just too bad that i didn't agree with too much of that message :(</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31479310</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>OrangeCatholic</author>
	<datestamp>1268647200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I have an even better idea than Znork.</p><p><i>IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy.</i></p><p>IP is just various monopoly rights. See the former Soviet union on how well monopolies work. Monopolies are antithetical to an effective economy and thus will not be a foundation, but a burden.</p><p><i>it'll be up to our inventions and our software and our innovation in exporting ideas</i></p><p>Please. IP is mainly good for extracting resources out of an economy, it has nothing to do with 'exporting'. Implementing IP laws is a net loss for any economy, and most of the time (certainly in the case of the US), the monopoly rights will be held by foreign corporations.</p><p>The only way forward is to make western economies competitive again. Repealing at the very least copyright and patents would be a good start towards reestablishing a highly competitive free market and lowering the burden on western labour (thus reducing their price).</p><p>I will not accept anything less than +4 Interesting for my contribution here.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I have an even better idea than Znork.IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy.IP is just various monopoly rights .
See the former Soviet union on how well monopolies work .
Monopolies are antithetical to an effective economy and thus will not be a foundation , but a burden.it 'll be up to our inventions and our software and our innovation in exporting ideasPlease .
IP is mainly good for extracting resources out of an economy , it has nothing to do with 'exporting' .
Implementing IP laws is a net loss for any economy , and most of the time ( certainly in the case of the US ) , the monopoly rights will be held by foreign corporations.The only way forward is to make western economies competitive again .
Repealing at the very least copyright and patents would be a good start towards reestablishing a highly competitive free market and lowering the burden on western labour ( thus reducing their price ) .I will not accept anything less than + 4 Interesting for my contribution here .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I have an even better idea than Znork.IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy.IP is just various monopoly rights.
See the former Soviet union on how well monopolies work.
Monopolies are antithetical to an effective economy and thus will not be a foundation, but a burden.it'll be up to our inventions and our software and our innovation in exporting ideasPlease.
IP is mainly good for extracting resources out of an economy, it has nothing to do with 'exporting'.
Implementing IP laws is a net loss for any economy, and most of the time (certainly in the case of the US), the monopoly rights will be held by foreign corporations.The only way forward is to make western economies competitive again.
Repealing at the very least copyright and patents would be a good start towards reestablishing a highly competitive free market and lowering the burden on western labour (thus reducing their price).I will not accept anything less than +4 Interesting for my contribution here.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31493200</id>
	<title>Obama's obtained most of his wealth from his books</title>
	<author>I'm Don Giovanni</author>
	<datestamp>1268737920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Is it so hard to believe that he'd frown upon piracy?<br>Just because freeloading is part of the "open source" ethic doesn't mean that all other creators must live by that ethic.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Is it so hard to believe that he 'd frown upon piracy ? Just because freeloading is part of the " open source " ethic does n't mean that all other creators must live by that ethic .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Is it so hard to believe that he'd frown upon piracy?Just because freeloading is part of the "open source" ethic doesn't mean that all other creators must live by that ethic.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474758</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268562360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Or join the tea party if you are conservative</p></div><p>If the coffee party is non-conservative, why isn't it called the Half-caf-latte-no-whip-mochachino-with-sprinkles party?</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Or join the tea party if you are conservativeIf the coffee party is non-conservative , why is n't it called the Half-caf-latte-no-whip-mochachino-with-sprinkles party ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Or join the tea party if you are conservativeIf the coffee party is non-conservative, why isn't it called the Half-caf-latte-no-whip-mochachino-with-sprinkles party?
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476132</id>
	<title>Could be an honest move?</title>
	<author>bussdriver</author>
	<datestamp>1268572080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Makes sense that our politicians on both sides would sick up for our successful industries. Don't hear about those two needing bailouts...<br>The USA doesn't EXPORT much of anything anymore:<br>Military and related products<br>Movies &amp; Music &amp; TV(?)<br>IP lawsuits<br>MSonopoly software<br>Gambling (aka Banking "products")</p><p>It makes sense these "industries" are largely untouchable; even when they screw over their own country.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Makes sense that our politicians on both sides would sick up for our successful industries .
Do n't hear about those two needing bailouts...The USA does n't EXPORT much of anything anymore : Military and related productsMovies &amp; Music &amp; TV ( ?
) IP lawsuitsMSonopoly softwareGambling ( aka Banking " products " ) It makes sense these " industries " are largely untouchable ; even when they screw over their own country .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Makes sense that our politicians on both sides would sick up for our successful industries.
Don't hear about those two needing bailouts...The USA doesn't EXPORT much of anything anymore:Military and related productsMovies &amp; Music &amp; TV(?
)IP lawsuitsMSonopoly softwareGambling (aka Banking "products")It makes sense these "industries" are largely untouchable; even when they screw over their own country.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474900</id>
	<title>Neal Stephenson is a genius</title>
	<author>Vahokif</author>
	<datestamp>1268563020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>When it gets down to it -- talking trade balances here -- once we've brain-drained all our technology into other countries, once things have evened out, they're making cars in Bolivia and microwave ovens in Tadzhikistan and selling them here -- once our edge in natural resources has been made irrelevant by giant Hong Kong ships and dirigibles that can ship North Dakota all the way to New Zealand for a nickel -- once the Invisible Hand has taken all those historical inequities and smeared them out into a broad global layer of what a Pakistani brickmaker would consider to be prosperity -- y'know what? There's only four things we do better than anyone else:</p><ul>
<li>music</li><li>movies</li><li>microcode (software)</li><li>high-speed pizza delivery</li></ul><p><div class="quote"></div></div></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>When it gets down to it -- talking trade balances here -- once we 've brain-drained all our technology into other countries , once things have evened out , they 're making cars in Bolivia and microwave ovens in Tadzhikistan and selling them here -- once our edge in natural resources has been made irrelevant by giant Hong Kong ships and dirigibles that can ship North Dakota all the way to New Zealand for a nickel -- once the Invisible Hand has taken all those historical inequities and smeared them out into a broad global layer of what a Pakistani brickmaker would consider to be prosperity -- y'know what ?
There 's only four things we do better than anyone else : musicmoviesmicrocode ( software ) high-speed pizza delivery</tokentext>
<sentencetext>When it gets down to it -- talking trade balances here -- once we've brain-drained all our technology into other countries, once things have evened out, they're making cars in Bolivia and microwave ovens in Tadzhikistan and selling them here -- once our edge in natural resources has been made irrelevant by giant Hong Kong ships and dirigibles that can ship North Dakota all the way to New Zealand for a nickel -- once the Invisible Hand has taken all those historical inequities and smeared them out into a broad global layer of what a Pakistani brickmaker would consider to be prosperity -- y'know what?
There's only four things we do better than anyone else:
musicmoviesmicrocode (software)high-speed pizza delivery
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31482314</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>Xest</author>
	<datestamp>1268669820000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Yes, even Ron Paul.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Yes , even Ron Paul .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yes, even Ron Paul.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31479160</id>
	<title>How does it makes Obama evil?</title>
	<author>Pecisk</author>
	<datestamp>1268645220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Disclaimer: I'm not a US citizen, but I follow US matters very closely.</p><p>Personally I never liked this all intellectual property obsession (and who does?) and I think it will destroy America in the end. But how exactly this makes Obama evil? So he fully doesn't fit in your worldview how president should act (hint: abolish wars, copyrights and make socialism real. Ok, last part was joke, laugh. Let's say - "make people's lives better"). Yes, no politican is black/white on issues. Yes, politics are maneuvering and there are little room for clear shots. I know geeks doesn't like that. But I thought that geeks are somehow realistic when talking about expectations. Guess not.</p><p>He was kinda pro IP before elections (yes, I read actual program) and this doesn't sound like backpedaling or something. What shall be done to show that ACTA can be very harmful and MPAA/RIAA overstepping their territory to pushing DMCA everywhere. And it should be done in civil manner (for example, some prominent IP opponent first asking for making ACTA process more open). So far there have been serious lack of good sounding "proIP" opponents. Mostly it is us, geeks, and we don't make very good party to cheer for. There should be much bigger campaign of explaining copyright stuff and how it affects your everyday tasks.</p><p>In the end, Obama or not Obama, this IP stuff will stay (and no, there is no escape for that with electing right leader) and if we really want something to change, we will have to deal with it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Disclaimer : I 'm not a US citizen , but I follow US matters very closely.Personally I never liked this all intellectual property obsession ( and who does ?
) and I think it will destroy America in the end .
But how exactly this makes Obama evil ?
So he fully does n't fit in your worldview how president should act ( hint : abolish wars , copyrights and make socialism real .
Ok , last part was joke , laugh .
Let 's say - " make people 's lives better " ) .
Yes , no politican is black/white on issues .
Yes , politics are maneuvering and there are little room for clear shots .
I know geeks does n't like that .
But I thought that geeks are somehow realistic when talking about expectations .
Guess not.He was kinda pro IP before elections ( yes , I read actual program ) and this does n't sound like backpedaling or something .
What shall be done to show that ACTA can be very harmful and MPAA/RIAA overstepping their territory to pushing DMCA everywhere .
And it should be done in civil manner ( for example , some prominent IP opponent first asking for making ACTA process more open ) .
So far there have been serious lack of good sounding " proIP " opponents .
Mostly it is us , geeks , and we do n't make very good party to cheer for .
There should be much bigger campaign of explaining copyright stuff and how it affects your everyday tasks.In the end , Obama or not Obama , this IP stuff will stay ( and no , there is no escape for that with electing right leader ) and if we really want something to change , we will have to deal with it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Disclaimer: I'm not a US citizen, but I follow US matters very closely.Personally I never liked this all intellectual property obsession (and who does?
) and I think it will destroy America in the end.
But how exactly this makes Obama evil?
So he fully doesn't fit in your worldview how president should act (hint: abolish wars, copyrights and make socialism real.
Ok, last part was joke, laugh.
Let's say - "make people's lives better").
Yes, no politican is black/white on issues.
Yes, politics are maneuvering and there are little room for clear shots.
I know geeks doesn't like that.
But I thought that geeks are somehow realistic when talking about expectations.
Guess not.He was kinda pro IP before elections (yes, I read actual program) and this doesn't sound like backpedaling or something.
What shall be done to show that ACTA can be very harmful and MPAA/RIAA overstepping their territory to pushing DMCA everywhere.
And it should be done in civil manner (for example, some prominent IP opponent first asking for making ACTA process more open).
So far there have been serious lack of good sounding "proIP" opponents.
Mostly it is us, geeks, and we don't make very good party to cheer for.
There should be much bigger campaign of explaining copyright stuff and how it affects your everyday tasks.In the end, Obama or not Obama, this IP stuff will stay (and no, there is no escape for that with electing right leader) and if we really want something to change, we will have to deal with it.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476404</id>
	<title>Re:Is anyone really surprised by this?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268573880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The fact that this post is modded Flamebait show how much we have forgotten as a nation. Capitalism brings and has brought us unprecedented economic freedom and prosperity and now half the country would be satisfied with the high-taxes, high unemployment, and nanny state the Democrat party is crafting for us.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The fact that this post is modded Flamebait show how much we have forgotten as a nation .
Capitalism brings and has brought us unprecedented economic freedom and prosperity and now half the country would be satisfied with the high-taxes , high unemployment , and nanny state the Democrat party is crafting for us .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The fact that this post is modded Flamebait show how much we have forgotten as a nation.
Capitalism brings and has brought us unprecedented economic freedom and prosperity and now half the country would be satisfied with the high-taxes, high unemployment, and nanny state the Democrat party is crafting for us.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474924</id>
	<title>when the only thing your country produces</title>
	<author>Truekaiser</author>
	<datestamp>1268563140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>is stuff like the latest Britney spears cd(i know it's kind of a exaggeration but it's closer to the truth then you realize) draconion laws such as these are needed to a degree.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>is stuff like the latest Britney spears cd ( i know it 's kind of a exaggeration but it 's closer to the truth then you realize ) draconion laws such as these are needed to a degree .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>is stuff like the latest Britney spears cd(i know it's kind of a exaggeration but it's closer to the truth then you realize) draconion laws such as these are needed to a degree.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478058</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268586420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>um.. false scarcity is not a solution. we BETTER offer something unique that's grounded in reality.  selling ideas only works in 3rd grade...for a bout 3 seconds.</p><p>tha'ts what this sounds like to me: a couple of kids arguing over whose idea it was first.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>um.. false scarcity is not a solution .
we BETTER offer something unique that 's grounded in reality .
selling ideas only works in 3rd grade...for a bout 3 seconds.tha'ts what this sounds like to me : a couple of kids arguing over whose idea it was first .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>um.. false scarcity is not a solution.
we BETTER offer something unique that's grounded in reality.
selling ideas only works in 3rd grade...for a bout 3 seconds.tha'ts what this sounds like to me: a couple of kids arguing over whose idea it was first.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31484246</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268677980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>You can shove your "astroturf" talking point, you little minded liberal.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>You can shove your " astroturf " talking point , you little minded liberal .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You can shove your "astroturf" talking point, you little minded liberal.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474948</id>
	<title>Re:I really despise obama now.</title>
	<author>Black Gold Alchemist</author>
	<datestamp>1268563320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>You've been duped. You have lost. Have a nice day.<br> <br>

Obama was a corporate-backed candidate, sent by Wall Street and friends to allow them to steal money from the taxpayers. He sold his message of hope and change to the latte liberals, but of course that was all just a campaign lie. The questions that need to be answered are:<br>
1. Why did the media hate Senator Clinton so much? (calling her racist, etc.)<br>
2. Why did the media like both Obama and Bush when they are so-called opposites?<br>
3. Where did Obama get his money from?<br> <br>

If you answer these questions, you will be well on your way to understanding the process.<br> <br>

Disclaimer: I was a Clinton supporter.</htmltext>
<tokenext>You 've been duped .
You have lost .
Have a nice day .
Obama was a corporate-backed candidate , sent by Wall Street and friends to allow them to steal money from the taxpayers .
He sold his message of hope and change to the latte liberals , but of course that was all just a campaign lie .
The questions that need to be answered are : 1 .
Why did the media hate Senator Clinton so much ?
( calling her racist , etc .
) 2 .
Why did the media like both Obama and Bush when they are so-called opposites ?
3. Where did Obama get his money from ?
If you answer these questions , you will be well on your way to understanding the process .
Disclaimer : I was a Clinton supporter .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You've been duped.
You have lost.
Have a nice day.
Obama was a corporate-backed candidate, sent by Wall Street and friends to allow them to steal money from the taxpayers.
He sold his message of hope and change to the latte liberals, but of course that was all just a campaign lie.
The questions that need to be answered are:
1.
Why did the media hate Senator Clinton so much?
(calling her racist, etc.
)
2.
Why did the media like both Obama and Bush when they are so-called opposites?
3. Where did Obama get his money from?
If you answer these questions, you will be well on your way to understanding the process.
Disclaimer: I was a Clinton supporter.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475550</id>
	<title>Well of course he does</title>
	<author>nurb432</author>
	<datestamp>1268567280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Any politician will support the entity that contributes the most.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Any politician will support the entity that contributes the most .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Any politician will support the entity that contributes the most.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474934</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>Dynedain</author>
	<datestamp>1268563200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I just spent 5 minutes looking through their site and couldn't find a single thing that they <strong>are actually about</strong>. It's even worse than the Tea Party in that regards (and their name just sounds reactionary).</p><p>Even their top level FAQ button is just crap about username/registration process.</p><p>What are they actually for?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I just spent 5 minutes looking through their site and could n't find a single thing that they are actually about .
It 's even worse than the Tea Party in that regards ( and their name just sounds reactionary ) .Even their top level FAQ button is just crap about username/registration process.What are they actually for ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I just spent 5 minutes looking through their site and couldn't find a single thing that they are actually about.
It's even worse than the Tea Party in that regards (and their name just sounds reactionary).Even their top level FAQ button is just crap about username/registration process.What are they actually for?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475560</id>
	<title>Rampant Piracy</title>
	<author>nurb432</author>
	<datestamp>1268567340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sounds better in the media then ' we bilked you people out of lots of money last year.. and we want more this year"</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sounds better in the media then ' we bilked you people out of lots of money last year.. and we want more this year "</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sounds better in the media then ' we bilked you people out of lots of money last year.. and we want more this year"</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31479454</id>
	<title>Reality</title>
	<author>jandersen</author>
	<datestamp>1268648640000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>To be realistic - and fair - we are never going to see an American president coming out clearly and strongly against the interests of major industries; at least not until American society and its constitution are fundamentally altered - as in a violent revolution. I can't quite see how that is going to happen, but of course, you never know.</p><p>Much as I like Obama for his intelligence and what still looks a lot like sincerity, idealism and honesty, when I heard him talk about changing things, I could see that he had set himself up for a major challenge. Like it or not, America is not governed "by the people, for the people", and the president only has the power allowed him by the noble classes that everybody in America assures me don't exist (the fact that you can enter "nobility" in America by becoming immensely rich is not an argument against this - that has always been the way throughout history). Change will only occur as and when they want it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>To be realistic - and fair - we are never going to see an American president coming out clearly and strongly against the interests of major industries ; at least not until American society and its constitution are fundamentally altered - as in a violent revolution .
I ca n't quite see how that is going to happen , but of course , you never know.Much as I like Obama for his intelligence and what still looks a lot like sincerity , idealism and honesty , when I heard him talk about changing things , I could see that he had set himself up for a major challenge .
Like it or not , America is not governed " by the people , for the people " , and the president only has the power allowed him by the noble classes that everybody in America assures me do n't exist ( the fact that you can enter " nobility " in America by becoming immensely rich is not an argument against this - that has always been the way throughout history ) .
Change will only occur as and when they want it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>To be realistic - and fair - we are never going to see an American president coming out clearly and strongly against the interests of major industries; at least not until American society and its constitution are fundamentally altered - as in a violent revolution.
I can't quite see how that is going to happen, but of course, you never know.Much as I like Obama for his intelligence and what still looks a lot like sincerity, idealism and honesty, when I heard him talk about changing things, I could see that he had set himself up for a major challenge.
Like it or not, America is not governed "by the people, for the people", and the president only has the power allowed him by the noble classes that everybody in America assures me don't exist (the fact that you can enter "nobility" in America by becoming immensely rich is not an argument against this - that has always been the way throughout history).
Change will only occur as and when they want it.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475584</id>
	<title>Loser</title>
	<author>pubwvj</author>
	<datestamp>1268567460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I'm losing respect for Obama, fast. I voted for him. The alternative was horrid. I didn't really feel like I had a choice. I hoped he would accomplish good things. It has been over a year and not only has he gotten nothing done but he has gone back on campaign promises. Once again we have a loser for a President. How many administrations do we have to put up with this before we've been punished enough here in Heck?</p><p>Lets have someone like Dean or Perot, with vision and just a tinge of insanity. It would make things more interesting.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm losing respect for Obama , fast .
I voted for him .
The alternative was horrid .
I did n't really feel like I had a choice .
I hoped he would accomplish good things .
It has been over a year and not only has he gotten nothing done but he has gone back on campaign promises .
Once again we have a loser for a President .
How many administrations do we have to put up with this before we 've been punished enough here in Heck ? Lets have someone like Dean or Perot , with vision and just a tinge of insanity .
It would make things more interesting .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm losing respect for Obama, fast.
I voted for him.
The alternative was horrid.
I didn't really feel like I had a choice.
I hoped he would accomplish good things.
It has been over a year and not only has he gotten nothing done but he has gone back on campaign promises.
Once again we have a loser for a President.
How many administrations do we have to put up with this before we've been punished enough here in Heck?Lets have someone like Dean or Perot, with vision and just a tinge of insanity.
It would make things more interesting.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31479260</id>
	<title>Seals the deal.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268646540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>'We're going to aggressively protect our intellectual property,'<br>'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.'</i></p><p>Here comes the war with China!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>'We 're going to aggressively protect our intellectual property,''But it 's only a competitive advantage if our companies know that someone else ca n't just steal that idea and duplicate it with cheaper inputs and labor .
'Here comes the war with China !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>'We're going to aggressively protect our intellectual property,''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.
'Here comes the war with China!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478824</id>
	<title>Re:Let's Do Something</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268684400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy, but those of us who are knowledgeable and have a strong opinion on this should contact the White House as well as your Senators and Congresspeople to let them know why we should not be supporting ACTA.</p><p>White House:<br><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact" title="whitehouse.gov" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact</a> [whitehouse.gov] </p><p>Senators:<br><a href="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact\_information/senators\_cfm.cfm" title="senate.gov" rel="nofollow">http://www.senate.gov/general/contact\_information/senators\_cfm.cfm</a> [senate.gov] </p><p>Congresspeople:<br><a href="https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml" title="house.gov" rel="nofollow">https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml</a> [house.gov] </p></div><p>A lot of good that will do to buttered hands and well-paid lobbyists with personal access to those in power.</p><p>But I would agree we should all still do this. As soon as our calls and letters stop, America loses. I'm only being realistic when I say it probably won't work, but you never know, our leaders have listened to us before *sarcasm*.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy , but those of us who are knowledgeable and have a strong opinion on this should contact the White House as well as your Senators and Congresspeople to let them know why we should not be supporting ACTA.White House : http : //www.whitehouse.gov/contact [ whitehouse.gov ] Senators : http : //www.senate.gov/general/contact \ _information/senators \ _cfm.cfm [ senate.gov ] Congresspeople : https : //writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml [ house.gov ] A lot of good that will do to buttered hands and well-paid lobbyists with personal access to those in power.But I would agree we should all still do this .
As soon as our calls and letters stop , America loses .
I 'm only being realistic when I say it probably wo n't work , but you never know , our leaders have listened to us before * sarcasm * .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy, but those of us who are knowledgeable and have a strong opinion on this should contact the White House as well as your Senators and Congresspeople to let them know why we should not be supporting ACTA.White House:http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact [whitehouse.gov] Senators:http://www.senate.gov/general/contact\_information/senators\_cfm.cfm [senate.gov] Congresspeople:https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml [house.gov] A lot of good that will do to buttered hands and well-paid lobbyists with personal access to those in power.But I would agree we should all still do this.
As soon as our calls and letters stop, America loses.
I'm only being realistic when I say it probably won't work, but you never know, our leaders have listened to us before *sarcasm*.
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474500</id>
	<title>It could have been worse...</title>
	<author>Third Position</author>
	<datestamp>1268560440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>...at least he's not a Republican!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>...at least he 's not a Republican !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>...at least he's not a Republican!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31484276</id>
	<title>Re:Let's Do Something</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268678100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy</i></p><p>You know these things?</p><p>Tech savvy: He has a blackberry. Ooooh. He is SO cool.</p><p>Boosting the economy: Like what? Are you waiting for cap-n-trade? That'll help. He's been spending all his time on health care. how you get that he's trying to boost the economy is completely beyond me.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economyYou know these things ? Tech savvy : He has a blackberry .
Ooooh. He is SO cool.Boosting the economy : Like what ?
Are you waiting for cap-n-trade ?
That 'll help .
He 's been spending all his time on health care .
how you get that he 's trying to boost the economy is completely beyond me .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economyYou know these things?Tech savvy: He has a blackberry.
Ooooh. He is SO cool.Boosting the economy: Like what?
Are you waiting for cap-n-trade?
That'll help.
He's been spending all his time on health care.
how you get that he's trying to boost the economy is completely beyond me.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31480484</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268659200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>and how can the US regain its manufacturing prowess when politicos and unfortunately many fellow slashdotters, demonize the entities that raise the required capital to make things, and then tax teh hell out of anyone who turns a profit making stuff.  Makers can't be makers if the taxman makes it too damn hard to raise and maintain the capital intensive structures that permit manufacturing.  Layer-on the kow-towing to unions that drive US Labor out of the world marketplace, and we have no one but the tax and spenders to blame.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>and how can the US regain its manufacturing prowess when politicos and unfortunately many fellow slashdotters , demonize the entities that raise the required capital to make things , and then tax teh hell out of anyone who turns a profit making stuff .
Makers ca n't be makers if the taxman makes it too damn hard to raise and maintain the capital intensive structures that permit manufacturing .
Layer-on the kow-towing to unions that drive US Labor out of the world marketplace , and we have no one but the tax and spenders to blame .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>and how can the US regain its manufacturing prowess when politicos and unfortunately many fellow slashdotters, demonize the entities that raise the required capital to make things, and then tax teh hell out of anyone who turns a profit making stuff.
Makers can't be makers if the taxman makes it too damn hard to raise and maintain the capital intensive structures that permit manufacturing.
Layer-on the kow-towing to unions that drive US Labor out of the world marketplace, and we have no one but the tax and spenders to blame.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475330</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268565600000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Fuck you.  Go kill yourself.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Fuck you .
Go kill yourself .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Fuck you.
Go kill yourself.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475526</id>
	<title>To All who can read:</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268566980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It's quite convenient for the Motion Picture and Music industries to claim their interests are as important if not more-so than the actual protection of IP that matters, technology, medicine, engineering, etc...</p><p>As a musician who has "IP" out there, and reserves the right to protect it, it is laughable to think my musical creation, or ANY creative work that is for pure entertainment, is somehow is in the same league or group as the non-entertainment IP mentioned latter.</p><p>Music and movies are a social commentary, and have attributes to the cultural arts. You can't physically cure diseases, purify water, or put a man on the moon with a movie or a song. To suggest that entertainment IP is detrimental to the survival of the US and world economies is heinous and utterly absurd. It is exactly this type of IP legislation, and selfishness by the multimedia arts industry, that is preventing real world solutions from being distributed to those who need it most.</p><p>Ex. Can't distribute cheap malaria vaccines to those is Africa or 3 world countries since the patent holders prefer to keep supply at deflated levels while maintaining inflationary profit margins.</p><p>Like most things in life, this is about money. Pure and simple.</p><p>Next time you go see a movie, or buy that new Blu-Ray or DVD, or purchase a song online, take into consideration that you are feeding the very machine that is willing to stifle every expression of liberty, purely to maintain their market. Congratulate yourself in knowing you play your part.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's quite convenient for the Motion Picture and Music industries to claim their interests are as important if not more-so than the actual protection of IP that matters , technology , medicine , engineering , etc...As a musician who has " IP " out there , and reserves the right to protect it , it is laughable to think my musical creation , or ANY creative work that is for pure entertainment , is somehow is in the same league or group as the non-entertainment IP mentioned latter.Music and movies are a social commentary , and have attributes to the cultural arts .
You ca n't physically cure diseases , purify water , or put a man on the moon with a movie or a song .
To suggest that entertainment IP is detrimental to the survival of the US and world economies is heinous and utterly absurd .
It is exactly this type of IP legislation , and selfishness by the multimedia arts industry , that is preventing real world solutions from being distributed to those who need it most.Ex .
Ca n't distribute cheap malaria vaccines to those is Africa or 3 world countries since the patent holders prefer to keep supply at deflated levels while maintaining inflationary profit margins.Like most things in life , this is about money .
Pure and simple.Next time you go see a movie , or buy that new Blu-Ray or DVD , or purchase a song online , take into consideration that you are feeding the very machine that is willing to stifle every expression of liberty , purely to maintain their market .
Congratulate yourself in knowing you play your part .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's quite convenient for the Motion Picture and Music industries to claim their interests are as important if not more-so than the actual protection of IP that matters, technology, medicine, engineering, etc...As a musician who has "IP" out there, and reserves the right to protect it, it is laughable to think my musical creation, or ANY creative work that is for pure entertainment, is somehow is in the same league or group as the non-entertainment IP mentioned latter.Music and movies are a social commentary, and have attributes to the cultural arts.
You can't physically cure diseases, purify water, or put a man on the moon with a movie or a song.
To suggest that entertainment IP is detrimental to the survival of the US and world economies is heinous and utterly absurd.
It is exactly this type of IP legislation, and selfishness by the multimedia arts industry, that is preventing real world solutions from being distributed to those who need it most.Ex.
Can't distribute cheap malaria vaccines to those is Africa or 3 world countries since the patent holders prefer to keep supply at deflated levels while maintaining inflationary profit margins.Like most things in life, this is about money.
Pure and simple.Next time you go see a movie, or buy that new Blu-Ray or DVD, or purchase a song online, take into consideration that you are feeding the very machine that is willing to stifle every expression of liberty, purely to maintain their market.
Congratulate yourself in knowing you play your part.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475276</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>Attila Dimedici</author>
	<datestamp>1268565240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Do something about it and join the Coffee Party [coffeepartyusa.com]?</p> </div><p>I love your solution to disagreeing with behavior by the Obama Administration: Join an organization started by members of Obama's Presidential campaign. You are worried about the tea party being taken over by special interests, so you suggest joining an organization that is basically just a subsidiary of the Democratic Party (which you seem to believe, likely correctly, is run by special interests).</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Do something about it and join the Coffee Party [ coffeepartyusa.com ] ?
I love your solution to disagreeing with behavior by the Obama Administration : Join an organization started by members of Obama 's Presidential campaign .
You are worried about the tea party being taken over by special interests , so you suggest joining an organization that is basically just a subsidiary of the Democratic Party ( which you seem to believe , likely correctly , is run by special interests ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Do something about it and join the Coffee Party [coffeepartyusa.com]?
I love your solution to disagreeing with behavior by the Obama Administration: Join an organization started by members of Obama's Presidential campaign.
You are worried about the tea party being taken over by special interests, so you suggest joining an organization that is basically just a subsidiary of the Democratic Party (which you seem to believe, likely correctly, is run by special interests).
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476184</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268572320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>This comment made me laugh. The ignorance about historical events is appalling. Let me enlighten you:</p><blockquote><div><p>The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government. On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and <b>destroyed the tea</b> by throwing it into Boston Harbor. The incident remains an iconic event of American history, and reference is often made to it in other political protests.</p></div></blockquote><p><i>Note: I'm not pro-tea party or pro-coffee party, in fact I don't care (not American)</i></p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>This comment made me laugh .
The ignorance about historical events is appalling .
Let me enlighten you : The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston , a town in the British colony of Massachusetts , against the British government .
On December 16 , 1773 , after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain , a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor .
The incident remains an iconic event of American history , and reference is often made to it in other political protests.Note : I 'm not pro-tea party or pro-coffee party , in fact I do n't care ( not American )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This comment made me laugh.
The ignorance about historical events is appalling.
Let me enlighten you:The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government.
On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor.
The incident remains an iconic event of American history, and reference is often made to it in other political protests.Note: I'm not pro-tea party or pro-coffee party, in fact I don't care (not American)
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478586</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>sonicmerlin</author>
	<datestamp>1268593920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Are you...joking?  I can't tell if I should be double-taking or laughing.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Are you...joking ?
I ca n't tell if I should be double-taking or laughing .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Are you...joking?
I can't tell if I should be double-taking or laughing.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475340</id>
	<title>Re:It could have been worse...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268565660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>&gt;<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...at least he's not a Republican!</p><p>Yet...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>&gt; ...at least he 's not a Republican ! Yet.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>&gt; ...at least he's not a Republican!Yet...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474906</id>
	<title>Re:Is anyone really surprised by this?</title>
	<author>sonicmerlin</author>
	<datestamp>1268563080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Why do idiots like you exist in such large quantities in the US, and only in the US?  I'm starting to think that there was some self-selection sample bias in terms of the genetic and/or psychological predispositions of the early American settlers.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Why do idiots like you exist in such large quantities in the US , and only in the US ?
I 'm starting to think that there was some self-selection sample bias in terms of the genetic and/or psychological predispositions of the early American settlers .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Why do idiots like you exist in such large quantities in the US, and only in the US?
I'm starting to think that there was some self-selection sample bias in terms of the genetic and/or psychological predispositions of the early American settlers.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31479168</id>
	<title>attack a country where M$-SW is copied?</title>
	<author>kubitus</author>
	<datestamp>1268645280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>the US thinks they can sell 2 cent plastic discs for 500US$ apiece and continue to live on tribute of the rest of the world?<p>

I think that this will not work in the long run!</p><p>
the only other export article worth to speak of is military equipment and its application!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>the US thinks they can sell 2 cent plastic discs for 500US $ apiece and continue to live on tribute of the rest of the world ?
I think that this will not work in the long run !
the only other export article worth to speak of is military equipment and its application !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>the US thinks they can sell 2 cent plastic discs for 500US$ apiece and continue to live on tribute of the rest of the world?
I think that this will not work in the long run!
the only other export article worth to speak of is military equipment and its application!</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31481574</id>
	<title>The US does not enforce other countries IP</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268666340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Ebay doesn't even pull illegal copies of foreign movies.</p><p>You could pull illegal "Night Watch" / "Day Watch" copies off Ebay without a problem, same for bootleg Kung-Fu movies.  If you e-mail E-bay the auctions are bootleg copies, they only take them down for the copyright holder, and only if the copyright holder has enforcement in the US.  So no, the US does not protect foreign copyrights, only materials that have copyrights in the U.S. or are enforceable in the U.S.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Ebay does n't even pull illegal copies of foreign movies.You could pull illegal " Night Watch " / " Day Watch " copies off Ebay without a problem , same for bootleg Kung-Fu movies .
If you e-mail E-bay the auctions are bootleg copies , they only take them down for the copyright holder , and only if the copyright holder has enforcement in the US .
So no , the US does not protect foreign copyrights , only materials that have copyrights in the U.S. or are enforceable in the U.S .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Ebay doesn't even pull illegal copies of foreign movies.You could pull illegal "Night Watch" / "Day Watch" copies off Ebay without a problem, same for bootleg Kung-Fu movies.
If you e-mail E-bay the auctions are bootleg copies, they only take them down for the copyright holder, and only if the copyright holder has enforcement in the US.
So no, the US does not protect foreign copyrights, only materials that have copyrights in the U.S. or are enforceable in the U.S.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31479906</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>Moabz</author>
	<datestamp>1268653020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>World war IV will be fought over downloaded songs.</htmltext>
<tokenext>World war IV will be fought over downloaded songs .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>World war IV will be fought over downloaded songs.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31480446</id>
	<title>Re:Slashdot Official Translation</title>
	<author>HyperQuantum</author>
	<datestamp>1268658840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>We won't have the money in this century to bully anyone with our military capabilities, so we're counting on our lawyers to win the important battles."</p></div><p>The courts' verdicts will lose their significance if there is no longer a power to enforce them.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>We wo n't have the money in this century to bully anyone with our military capabilities , so we 're counting on our lawyers to win the important battles .
" The courts ' verdicts will lose their significance if there is no longer a power to enforce them .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>We won't have the money in this century to bully anyone with our military capabilities, so we're counting on our lawyers to win the important battles.
"The courts' verdicts will lose their significance if there is no longer a power to enforce them.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476924</id>
	<title>Single Greatest Asset</title>
	<author>gink1</author>
	<datestamp>1268577060000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>We're going to aggressively protect BIG MEDIA,' Obama said in his speech, 'Our single greatest asset is THEIR MONEY! [...] It is essential to our prosperity AS POLITICIANS AND BENEFACTORS and it will only become more so in this century.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>We 're going to aggressively protect BIG MEDIA, ' Obama said in his speech , 'Our single greatest asset is THEIR MONEY !
[ ... ] It is essential to our prosperity AS POLITICIANS AND BENEFACTORS and it will only become more so in this century .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>We're going to aggressively protect BIG MEDIA,' Obama said in his speech, 'Our single greatest asset is THEIR MONEY!
[...] It is essential to our prosperity AS POLITICIANS AND BENEFACTORS and it will only become more so in this century.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31479390</id>
	<title>hm, president?</title>
	<author>Tom</author>
	<datestamp>1268647800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>More and more I get the impression this isn't the same Obama that was voted into office. Do people get their brains exchanged or something when they become president? Would explain the 2nd Bush (no brain available at that time).</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>More and more I get the impression this is n't the same Obama that was voted into office .
Do people get their brains exchanged or something when they become president ?
Would explain the 2nd Bush ( no brain available at that time ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>More and more I get the impression this isn't the same Obama that was voted into office.
Do people get their brains exchanged or something when they become president?
Would explain the 2nd Bush (no brain available at that time).</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478788</id>
	<title>Re:Neal Stephenson is a genius</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268683740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I don't know - you seem to be a pretty dab hand at hyperbole, bad analogies, over-broad generalisations and leaping to conclusions - maybe you can sell those as services instead?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I do n't know - you seem to be a pretty dab hand at hyperbole , bad analogies , over-broad generalisations and leaping to conclusions - maybe you can sell those as services instead ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I don't know - you seem to be a pretty dab hand at hyperbole, bad analogies, over-broad generalisations and leaping to conclusions - maybe you can sell those as services instead?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477010</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>Nefarious Wheel</author>
	<datestamp>1268577660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I wonder if anyone is designing a layered model of how economies are developing and devolving in today's world?  There has to be some operating principle that models and plots the transition of a country's economy from agriculture -&gt; industry -&gt; services -&gt; intellectual property, followed by -&gt; broad disenfranchisement due to the imbalance between those who can provide the IP and those who cannot?<p>I bet there's some interesting math involved, not to mention a certain amount of heady scare.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I wonder if anyone is designing a layered model of how economies are developing and devolving in today 's world ?
There has to be some operating principle that models and plots the transition of a country 's economy from agriculture - &gt; industry - &gt; services - &gt; intellectual property , followed by - &gt; broad disenfranchisement due to the imbalance between those who can provide the IP and those who can not ? I bet there 's some interesting math involved , not to mention a certain amount of heady scare .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I wonder if anyone is designing a layered model of how economies are developing and devolving in today's world?
There has to be some operating principle that models and plots the transition of a country's economy from agriculture -&gt; industry -&gt; services -&gt; intellectual property, followed by -&gt; broad disenfranchisement due to the imbalance between those who can provide the IP and those who cannot?I bet there's some interesting math involved, not to mention a certain amount of heady scare.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475098</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>Znork</author>
	<datestamp>1268564220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy.</i></p><p>IP is just various monopoly rights. See the former Soviet union on how well monopolies work. Monopolies are antithetical to an effective economy and thus will not be a foundation, but a burden.</p><p><i>it'll be up to our inventions and our software and our innovation in exporting ideas</i></p><p>Please. IP is mainly good for extracting resources out of an economy, it has nothing to do with 'exporting'. Implementing IP laws is a net loss for any economy, and most of the time (certainly in the case of the US), the monopoly rights will be held by foreign corporations.</p><p>The only way forward is to make western economies competitive again. Repealing at the very least copyright and patents would be a good start towards reestablishing a highly competitive free market and lowering the burden on western labour (thus reducing their price).</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy.IP is just various monopoly rights .
See the former Soviet union on how well monopolies work .
Monopolies are antithetical to an effective economy and thus will not be a foundation , but a burden.it 'll be up to our inventions and our software and our innovation in exporting ideasPlease .
IP is mainly good for extracting resources out of an economy , it has nothing to do with 'exporting' .
Implementing IP laws is a net loss for any economy , and most of the time ( certainly in the case of the US ) , the monopoly rights will be held by foreign corporations.The only way forward is to make western economies competitive again .
Repealing at the very least copyright and patents would be a good start towards reestablishing a highly competitive free market and lowering the burden on western labour ( thus reducing their price ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy.IP is just various monopoly rights.
See the former Soviet union on how well monopolies work.
Monopolies are antithetical to an effective economy and thus will not be a foundation, but a burden.it'll be up to our inventions and our software and our innovation in exporting ideasPlease.
IP is mainly good for extracting resources out of an economy, it has nothing to do with 'exporting'.
Implementing IP laws is a net loss for any economy, and most of the time (certainly in the case of the US), the monopoly rights will be held by foreign corporations.The only way forward is to make western economies competitive again.
Repealing at the very least copyright and patents would be a good start towards reestablishing a highly competitive free market and lowering the burden on western labour (thus reducing their price).</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476360</id>
	<title>No Hope, No Change</title>
	<author>KermodeBear</author>
	<datestamp>1268573580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I hope that nobody is surprised by this.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I hope that nobody is surprised by this .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I hope that nobody is surprised by this.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475546</id>
	<title>um yeah...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268567220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>*He* would.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>* He * would .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>*He* would.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478492</id>
	<title>Reform the system</title>
	<author>cbope</author>
	<datestamp>1268592720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>As long as big-business and the media companies control the politicians of both parties through lobbyists and "campaign contributions" (graft, anyone?), nothing is likely to change. Reform the system so politicians cannot benefit directly these organizations, and the system will likely repair itself. As long as graft and bribery are permitted, the politicians will continue to tow the line. Entities should not be allowed to influence politics directly.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>As long as big-business and the media companies control the politicians of both parties through lobbyists and " campaign contributions " ( graft , anyone ?
) , nothing is likely to change .
Reform the system so politicians can not benefit directly these organizations , and the system will likely repair itself .
As long as graft and bribery are permitted , the politicians will continue to tow the line .
Entities should not be allowed to influence politics directly .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>As long as big-business and the media companies control the politicians of both parties through lobbyists and "campaign contributions" (graft, anyone?
), nothing is likely to change.
Reform the system so politicians cannot benefit directly these organizations, and the system will likely repair itself.
As long as graft and bribery are permitted, the politicians will continue to tow the line.
Entities should not be allowed to influence politics directly.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476222</id>
	<title>Peace is the balance of arms</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268572620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Agreed but if you become a nation whose economy is solely based on IP and little else, those with more resources/Infrastructure/agriculture will just relieve you of the fruits of your labor.. and there is nothing you can do about it.</p><p>No I have not been playing starcraft 2<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;-)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Agreed but if you become a nation whose economy is solely based on IP and little else , those with more resources/Infrastructure/agriculture will just relieve you of the fruits of your labor.. and there is nothing you can do about it.No I have not been playing starcraft 2 ; - )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Agreed but if you become a nation whose economy is solely based on IP and little else, those with more resources/Infrastructure/agriculture will just relieve you of the fruits of your labor.. and there is nothing you can do about it.No I have not been playing starcraft 2 ;-)</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476842</id>
	<title>Re:Slashdot Official Translation</title>
	<author>AlexMax2742</author>
	<datestamp>1268576580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Blaming lawyers for our troubles is short-sighted.  The number of opportunities in law is actually going down, and the typical advice for people who want to go to law school these days is <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract\_id=1497044" title="ssrn.com">don't</a> [ssrn.com] <a href="http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2010/01/who-should-and-shouldnt-go-to-law-school.html" title="concurringopinions.com">bother</a> [concurringopinions.com].  That doesn't sound like some dystopian future world where lawyers would be in high demand suing each other into oblivion.</p><p>

If your anger should be directed somewhere, it should be directed at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VHNXTBwj80" title="youtube.com">the wealthiest 10\% of america, who own 72\% of it's wealth</a> [youtube.com].  Which would be fine (after all, there's nothing inherently wrong with being rich), except <a href="http://i44.tinypic.com/2lstc2r.png" title="tinypic.com">they also don't pay their fair share of taxes either</a> [tinypic.com], which means cutbacks in education, social services, and so on.  They will use their considerable political influence to continue that things continue the way they are, and of course, they've managed to drill into people's heads that more taxes == evil, so you have people frothing at the mouth and protesting against their own best interest.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Blaming lawyers for our troubles is short-sighted .
The number of opportunities in law is actually going down , and the typical advice for people who want to go to law school these days is do n't [ ssrn.com ] bother [ concurringopinions.com ] .
That does n't sound like some dystopian future world where lawyers would be in high demand suing each other into oblivion .
If your anger should be directed somewhere , it should be directed at the wealthiest 10 \ % of america , who own 72 \ % of it 's wealth [ youtube.com ] .
Which would be fine ( after all , there 's nothing inherently wrong with being rich ) , except they also do n't pay their fair share of taxes either [ tinypic.com ] , which means cutbacks in education , social services , and so on .
They will use their considerable political influence to continue that things continue the way they are , and of course , they 've managed to drill into people 's heads that more taxes = = evil , so you have people frothing at the mouth and protesting against their own best interest .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Blaming lawyers for our troubles is short-sighted.
The number of opportunities in law is actually going down, and the typical advice for people who want to go to law school these days is don't [ssrn.com] bother [concurringopinions.com].
That doesn't sound like some dystopian future world where lawyers would be in high demand suing each other into oblivion.
If your anger should be directed somewhere, it should be directed at the wealthiest 10\% of america, who own 72\% of it's wealth [youtube.com].
Which would be fine (after all, there's nothing inherently wrong with being rich), except they also don't pay their fair share of taxes either [tinypic.com], which means cutbacks in education, social services, and so on.
They will use their considerable political influence to continue that things continue the way they are, and of course, they've managed to drill into people's heads that more taxes == evil, so you have people frothing at the mouth and protesting against their own best interest.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31499444</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268768520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Ron Paul would not back big business, or Fed, or military. I am glad he did not win the election, for he would have been shot dead in the first week of presidency.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Ron Paul would not back big business , or Fed , or military .
I am glad he did not win the election , for he would have been shot dead in the first week of presidency .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Ron Paul would not back big business, or Fed, or military.
I am glad he did not win the election, for he would have been shot dead in the first week of presidency.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474730</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>im\_thatoneguy</author>
	<datestamp>1268562240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I think we have to be careful though with separating unjust prosecution of piracy and piracy itself.</p><p>Obama is exactly right.   IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy.   There needs to be a means by which efforts of the mind are as recognized legally as efforts of the body.</p><p>We're becoming a nation where digging ditches and assembling parts is going to be taken over more and more by automation and cheap overseas labor and it'll be up to our inventions and our software and our innovation in exporting ideas that continues to pay our bills and put roofs over our heads going forward.</p><p>While the RIAA and the MPAA might RIGHT NOW control intellectual property and be the face of IP in the future it's going to be the individual creators who no longer need a large corporate overlord who are going to need the same protections.   So we need to be careful that an inventor in Iowa can fight off the mega corporation trying to simply steal his idea and profit off of his innovation without giving him any reward.</p><p>The RIAA's laws protect the indie artist FROM the RIAA more so than it protects the RIAA itself.   If there were toothless IP laws then Universal Music could just start burning copies of some new popular band and not send them a penny.  They have the market and the distribution power.  They would overnight become the main source of some new indie band's music without offering any creativity of their own.</p><p>You weaken IP and it's not the large corporations that will lose money it's the little guys who will get screwed by the large distributors who have all the money and resources.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I think we have to be careful though with separating unjust prosecution of piracy and piracy itself.Obama is exactly right .
IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy .
There needs to be a means by which efforts of the mind are as recognized legally as efforts of the body.We 're becoming a nation where digging ditches and assembling parts is going to be taken over more and more by automation and cheap overseas labor and it 'll be up to our inventions and our software and our innovation in exporting ideas that continues to pay our bills and put roofs over our heads going forward.While the RIAA and the MPAA might RIGHT NOW control intellectual property and be the face of IP in the future it 's going to be the individual creators who no longer need a large corporate overlord who are going to need the same protections .
So we need to be careful that an inventor in Iowa can fight off the mega corporation trying to simply steal his idea and profit off of his innovation without giving him any reward.The RIAA 's laws protect the indie artist FROM the RIAA more so than it protects the RIAA itself .
If there were toothless IP laws then Universal Music could just start burning copies of some new popular band and not send them a penny .
They have the market and the distribution power .
They would overnight become the main source of some new indie band 's music without offering any creativity of their own.You weaken IP and it 's not the large corporations that will lose money it 's the little guys who will get screwed by the large distributors who have all the money and resources .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I think we have to be careful though with separating unjust prosecution of piracy and piracy itself.Obama is exactly right.
IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy.
There needs to be a means by which efforts of the mind are as recognized legally as efforts of the body.We're becoming a nation where digging ditches and assembling parts is going to be taken over more and more by automation and cheap overseas labor and it'll be up to our inventions and our software and our innovation in exporting ideas that continues to pay our bills and put roofs over our heads going forward.While the RIAA and the MPAA might RIGHT NOW control intellectual property and be the face of IP in the future it's going to be the individual creators who no longer need a large corporate overlord who are going to need the same protections.
So we need to be careful that an inventor in Iowa can fight off the mega corporation trying to simply steal his idea and profit off of his innovation without giving him any reward.The RIAA's laws protect the indie artist FROM the RIAA more so than it protects the RIAA itself.
If there were toothless IP laws then Universal Music could just start burning copies of some new popular band and not send them a penny.
They have the market and the distribution power.
They would overnight become the main source of some new indie band's music without offering any creativity of their own.You weaken IP and it's not the large corporations that will lose money it's the little guys who will get screwed by the large distributors who have all the money and resources.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477398</id>
	<title>Manufacturing Consent</title>
	<author>novae\_res</author>
	<datestamp>1268580420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>Government is run by lobbyists/special interests and runs counter to the wishes of the majority of the population. No change there then. Wasn't Obama the guy who denounced special interests in the presidential debates?  Nothing to see here, merely another puppet president controlled by the new world order elites.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Government is run by lobbyists/special interests and runs counter to the wishes of the majority of the population .
No change there then .
Was n't Obama the guy who denounced special interests in the presidential debates ?
Nothing to see here , merely another puppet president controlled by the new world order elites .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Government is run by lobbyists/special interests and runs counter to the wishes of the majority of the population.
No change there then.
Wasn't Obama the guy who denounced special interests in the presidential debates?
Nothing to see here, merely another puppet president controlled by the new world order elites.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31480890</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>taoye</author>
	<datestamp>1268662260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Who do you think's going to maintain all those machines??</htmltext>
<tokenext>Who do you think 's going to maintain all those machines ?
?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Who do you think's going to maintain all those machines?
?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474768</id>
	<title>Holy flamebait batman</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268562420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>In a move sure to surprise no one, Obama has come out on the side of the MPAA/RIAA and has backed the ACTA:</p> </div><p>
I'm glad to see that slashdot maintains such a fair and unbiased approach to reporting.  This goes well with the <a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/142257/Accidental-Wii-Suicide" title="slashdot.org" rel="nofollow">editorial opinion they passed on to us as news on Tuesday</a> [slashdot.org].  Sure, I know that slashdot is not an actual news agency and has no reporters of its own, but they could at least pretend to not be promoting an agenda when choosing which articles to link to from the front page.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>In a move sure to surprise no one , Obama has come out on the side of the MPAA/RIAA and has backed the ACTA : I 'm glad to see that slashdot maintains such a fair and unbiased approach to reporting .
This goes well with the editorial opinion they passed on to us as news on Tuesday [ slashdot.org ] .
Sure , I know that slashdot is not an actual news agency and has no reporters of its own , but they could at least pretend to not be promoting an agenda when choosing which articles to link to from the front page .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>In a move sure to surprise no one, Obama has come out on the side of the MPAA/RIAA and has backed the ACTA: 
I'm glad to see that slashdot maintains such a fair and unbiased approach to reporting.
This goes well with the editorial opinion they passed on to us as news on Tuesday [slashdot.org].
Sure, I know that slashdot is not an actual news agency and has no reporters of its own, but they could at least pretend to not be promoting an agenda when choosing which articles to link to from the front page.
	</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477940</id>
	<title>Guhyuck!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268585700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Good job all you geniuses who voted for him.</p><p>Was there anyone else better? Sure.</p><p>Was there anyone else who was perfect? Of course not.</p><p>Regardless, epic lulz @ the losers who bought into this guy's bullshit. Idiots!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Good job all you geniuses who voted for him.Was there anyone else better ?
Sure.Was there anyone else who was perfect ?
Of course not.Regardless , epic lulz @ the losers who bought into this guy 's bullshit .
Idiots !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Good job all you geniuses who voted for him.Was there anyone else better?
Sure.Was there anyone else who was perfect?
Of course not.Regardless, epic lulz @ the losers who bought into this guy's bullshit.
Idiots!</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477158</id>
	<title>Obama Is Better</title>
	<author>b4upoo</author>
	<datestamp>1268578680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>       Obama is better than that posting indicates. Clearly the key to that message is that he wants to stop foreign entities from pirating works on a commercial scale. His views about American individuals file sharing are probably a horse of anothe color.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Obama is better than that posting indicates .
Clearly the key to that message is that he wants to stop foreign entities from pirating works on a commercial scale .
His views about American individuals file sharing are probably a horse of anothe color .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>       Obama is better than that posting indicates.
Clearly the key to that message is that he wants to stop foreign entities from pirating works on a commercial scale.
His views about American individuals file sharing are probably a horse of anothe color.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476470</id>
	<title>Thanks</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268574300000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Thanks for voting for this guy</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Thanks for voting for this guy</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Thanks for voting for this guy</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474586</id>
	<title>Let's Do Something</title>
	<author>justinjstark</author>
	<datestamp>1268561100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy, but those of us who are knowledgeable and have a strong opinion on this should contact the White House as well as your Senators and Congresspeople to let them know why we should not be supporting ACTA.</p><p>White House:
<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact" title="whitehouse.gov" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact</a> [whitehouse.gov] </p><p>Senators:
<a href="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact\_information/senators\_cfm.cfm" title="senate.gov" rel="nofollow">http://www.senate.gov/general/contact\_information/senators\_cfm.cfm</a> [senate.gov] </p><p>Congresspeople:
<a href="https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml" title="house.gov" rel="nofollow">https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml</a> [house.gov] </p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy , but those of us who are knowledgeable and have a strong opinion on this should contact the White House as well as your Senators and Congresspeople to let them know why we should not be supporting ACTA.White House : http : //www.whitehouse.gov/contact [ whitehouse.gov ] Senators : http : //www.senate.gov/general/contact \ _information/senators \ _cfm.cfm [ senate.gov ] Congresspeople : https : //writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml [ house.gov ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I know that Obama is more tech-savvy than any President prior and is trying to do everything he can to boost the current US economy, but those of us who are knowledgeable and have a strong opinion on this should contact the White House as well as your Senators and Congresspeople to let them know why we should not be supporting ACTA.White House:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact [whitehouse.gov] Senators:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact\_information/senators\_cfm.cfm [senate.gov] Congresspeople:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml [house.gov] </sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476494</id>
	<title>The lack of due process in ACTA is bad but can we</title>
	<author>Joe The Dragon</author>
	<datestamp>1268574420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The lack of due process in ACTA is bad but can we use it on the RIAA just send them a few copyright notes or use some open wifi. Any ways what will mass banning get us a lot of small business shut down and maybe few big ones as well.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The lack of due process in ACTA is bad but can we use it on the RIAA just send them a few copyright notes or use some open wifi .
Any ways what will mass banning get us a lot of small business shut down and maybe few big ones as well .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The lack of due process in ACTA is bad but can we use it on the RIAA just send them a few copyright notes or use some open wifi.
Any ways what will mass banning get us a lot of small business shut down and maybe few big ones as well.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475326</id>
	<title>The most dangerous part ...</title>
	<author>zuperduperman</author>
	<datestamp>1268565540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>The worst part really is the endorsement of the concept that IP violations are "stealing":<p> <i>
But it's only a competitive advantage if our companies
know that someone else can't just steal that idea<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...
</i>
</p><p>
Ideas <b>cannot</b> be stolen.  It is a physical impossibility.  The copyright &amp; patent industry love to blur the lines of the law and pretend that using IP without authorization is as heinous as breaking into someone's house and stealing their physical goods.   But it is a complete lie.

It's bad enough that the various industries that benefit from these get away with blatant misleading and deception of the general public about it, but having the *president* endorse that lie is very disappointing.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The worst part really is the endorsement of the concept that IP violations are " stealing " : But it 's only a competitive advantage if our companies know that someone else ca n't just steal that idea .. . Ideas can not be stolen .
It is a physical impossibility .
The copyright &amp; patent industry love to blur the lines of the law and pretend that using IP without authorization is as heinous as breaking into someone 's house and stealing their physical goods .
But it is a complete lie .
It 's bad enough that the various industries that benefit from these get away with blatant misleading and deception of the general public about it , but having the * president * endorse that lie is very disappointing .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The worst part really is the endorsement of the concept that IP violations are "stealing": 
But it's only a competitive advantage if our companies
know that someone else can't just steal that idea ...


Ideas cannot be stolen.
It is a physical impossibility.
The copyright &amp; patent industry love to blur the lines of the law and pretend that using IP without authorization is as heinous as breaking into someone's house and stealing their physical goods.
But it is a complete lie.
It's bad enough that the various industries that benefit from these get away with blatant misleading and deception of the general public about it, but having the *president* endorse that lie is very disappointing.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474840</id>
	<title>Another un-winnable war.</title>
	<author>Simulant</author>
	<datestamp>1268562780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>We sure know how to pick 'em.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>We sure know how to pick 'em .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>We sure know how to pick 'em.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474920</id>
	<title>Imaginary property is insolvent</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268563140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext>It is really not a defense of these policies to note that we are moving to an economy where copyrights and patents are our chief export; it is just a description of the broader problem that nobody wants to manufacture their goods in America anymore.  The solution is not to try to push other countries to accept our versions of copyright and patent law, it is to bring those manufacturing jobs back to the United States.  Sadly, the major parties seem to have no interest in the seemingly obvious solution...</htmltext>
<tokenext>It is really not a defense of these policies to note that we are moving to an economy where copyrights and patents are our chief export ; it is just a description of the broader problem that nobody wants to manufacture their goods in America anymore .
The solution is not to try to push other countries to accept our versions of copyright and patent law , it is to bring those manufacturing jobs back to the United States .
Sadly , the major parties seem to have no interest in the seemingly obvious solution.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It is really not a defense of these policies to note that we are moving to an economy where copyrights and patents are our chief export; it is just a description of the broader problem that nobody wants to manufacture their goods in America anymore.
The solution is not to try to push other countries to accept our versions of copyright and patent law, it is to bring those manufacturing jobs back to the United States.
Sadly, the major parties seem to have no interest in the seemingly obvious solution...</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474574</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476516</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>brit74</author>
	<datestamp>1268574600000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><blockquote><div><p>IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy.</p></div></blockquote><p>

IP is just various monopoly rights. See the former Soviet union on how well monopolies work. Monopolies are antithetical to an effective economy and thus will not be a foundation, but a burden.</p></div></blockquote><p>

Nah, you've got it wrong.  Would you also say that Bruce Springsteen has a "monopoly" over sales of his concert tickets; monopolies are bad, therefore, everyone should be allowed to create and sell tickets to his concerts?  Of course not.  IP covers a whole lot of things - it includes trademarks (i.e. the right to exclusive use of a name).  Do you think that Honda's "monopoly" over the name "Honda" constitutes some sort of unfair monopoly which degrades the economy?  No.  Do you think that open-source software has a right to put any restrictions on how people use their software (like whether or not to release the code, or sell it, or rename it)?  Without the concept and enforcement of "intellectual property", then everyone should be allowed to to anything with it.  What about a company coming along and taking a musician's songs or author's writing, packaging them up in a CD or book and selling them in stores?  Without IP, that's perfectly okay.  The fact of the matter is that without IP, it's pretty darn hard for creators to get paid for their work because it's all 100\% public domain without IP laws.  This idea about repealing copyright for a competitive marketplace is bizarrely out of touch with real-world economics, though I can certainly understand why it appeals to the freeloaders on the internet (who have much to gain by taking everything they can grab, but nothing to lose because they produce nothing for anyone to take).  I really can't understand why Slashdot, of all places, seems to be so out of touch with economics in the real world.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy .
IP is just various monopoly rights .
See the former Soviet union on how well monopolies work .
Monopolies are antithetical to an effective economy and thus will not be a foundation , but a burden .
Nah , you 've got it wrong .
Would you also say that Bruce Springsteen has a " monopoly " over sales of his concert tickets ; monopolies are bad , therefore , everyone should be allowed to create and sell tickets to his concerts ?
Of course not .
IP covers a whole lot of things - it includes trademarks ( i.e .
the right to exclusive use of a name ) .
Do you think that Honda 's " monopoly " over the name " Honda " constitutes some sort of unfair monopoly which degrades the economy ?
No. Do you think that open-source software has a right to put any restrictions on how people use their software ( like whether or not to release the code , or sell it , or rename it ) ?
Without the concept and enforcement of " intellectual property " , then everyone should be allowed to to anything with it .
What about a company coming along and taking a musician 's songs or author 's writing , packaging them up in a CD or book and selling them in stores ?
Without IP , that 's perfectly okay .
The fact of the matter is that without IP , it 's pretty darn hard for creators to get paid for their work because it 's all 100 \ % public domain without IP laws .
This idea about repealing copyright for a competitive marketplace is bizarrely out of touch with real-world economics , though I can certainly understand why it appeals to the freeloaders on the internet ( who have much to gain by taking everything they can grab , but nothing to lose because they produce nothing for anyone to take ) .
I really ca n't understand why Slashdot , of all places , seems to be so out of touch with economics in the real world .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>IP is going to be the foundation of any future economy.
IP is just various monopoly rights.
See the former Soviet union on how well monopolies work.
Monopolies are antithetical to an effective economy and thus will not be a foundation, but a burden.
Nah, you've got it wrong.
Would you also say that Bruce Springsteen has a "monopoly" over sales of his concert tickets; monopolies are bad, therefore, everyone should be allowed to create and sell tickets to his concerts?
Of course not.
IP covers a whole lot of things - it includes trademarks (i.e.
the right to exclusive use of a name).
Do you think that Honda's "monopoly" over the name "Honda" constitutes some sort of unfair monopoly which degrades the economy?
No.  Do you think that open-source software has a right to put any restrictions on how people use their software (like whether or not to release the code, or sell it, or rename it)?
Without the concept and enforcement of "intellectual property", then everyone should be allowed to to anything with it.
What about a company coming along and taking a musician's songs or author's writing, packaging them up in a CD or book and selling them in stores?
Without IP, that's perfectly okay.
The fact of the matter is that without IP, it's pretty darn hard for creators to get paid for their work because it's all 100\% public domain without IP laws.
This idea about repealing copyright for a competitive marketplace is bizarrely out of touch with real-world economics, though I can certainly understand why it appeals to the freeloaders on the internet (who have much to gain by taking everything they can grab, but nothing to lose because they produce nothing for anyone to take).
I really can't understand why Slashdot, of all places, seems to be so out of touch with economics in the real world.
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475098</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474944</id>
	<title>Re:Open letter to the United States Government</title>
	<author>sonicmerlin</author>
	<datestamp>1268563260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext>I wish there was a tl;dr mod.  Because holy mother of cow milk this was too long.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I wish there was a tl ; dr mod .
Because holy mother of cow milk this was too long .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I wish there was a tl;dr mod.
Because holy mother of cow milk this was too long.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474752</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475044</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>countertrolling</author>
	<datestamp>1268563920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If all our life support and entire infrastructure is entirely mechanized, why will we need jobs? Are we going to have to pay the machines?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If all our life support and entire infrastructure is entirely mechanized , why will we need jobs ?
Are we going to have to pay the machines ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If all our life support and entire infrastructure is entirely mechanized, why will we need jobs?
Are we going to have to pay the machines?</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474730</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31478476</id>
	<title>Re:Neal Stephenson is a genius</title>
	<author>Saint Dharma</author>
	<datestamp>1268592540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p><div class="quote"><p>When it gets down to it -- talking trade balances here -- once we've brain-drained all our technology into other countries, once things have evened out, they're making cars in Bolivia and microwave ovens in Tadzhikistan and selling them here -- once our edge in natural resources has been made irrelevant by giant Hong Kong ships and dirigibles that can ship North Dakota all the way to New Zealand for a nickel -- once the Invisible Hand has taken all those historical inequities and smeared them out into a broad global layer of what a Pakistani brickmaker would consider to be prosperity -- y'know what? There's only four things we do better than anyone else:</p><ul>
<li>music</li><li>movies</li><li>microcode (software)</li><li>high-speed pizza delivery</li></ul><p><div class="quote"></div></div></div><p>If it means I can drive The Deliverator car, then sign me up.

Saint Dharma</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>When it gets down to it -- talking trade balances here -- once we 've brain-drained all our technology into other countries , once things have evened out , they 're making cars in Bolivia and microwave ovens in Tadzhikistan and selling them here -- once our edge in natural resources has been made irrelevant by giant Hong Kong ships and dirigibles that can ship North Dakota all the way to New Zealand for a nickel -- once the Invisible Hand has taken all those historical inequities and smeared them out into a broad global layer of what a Pakistani brickmaker would consider to be prosperity -- y'know what ?
There 's only four things we do better than anyone else : musicmoviesmicrocode ( software ) high-speed pizza deliveryIf it means I can drive The Deliverator car , then sign me up .
Saint Dharma</tokentext>
<sentencetext>When it gets down to it -- talking trade balances here -- once we've brain-drained all our technology into other countries, once things have evened out, they're making cars in Bolivia and microwave ovens in Tadzhikistan and selling them here -- once our edge in natural resources has been made irrelevant by giant Hong Kong ships and dirigibles that can ship North Dakota all the way to New Zealand for a nickel -- once the Invisible Hand has taken all those historical inequities and smeared them out into a broad global layer of what a Pakistani brickmaker would consider to be prosperity -- y'know what?
There's only four things we do better than anyone else:
musicmoviesmicrocode (software)high-speed pizza deliveryIf it means I can drive The Deliverator car, then sign me up.
Saint Dharma
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474900</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31481294</id>
	<title>Re:Neal Stephenson is a genius</title>
	<author>Some Bitch</author>
	<datestamp>1268664540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>music</p></div><p>In your dreams boys, the UK is king of that particular hill.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>musicIn your dreams boys , the UK is king of that particular hill .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>musicIn your dreams boys, the UK is king of that particular hill.
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474900</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475666</id>
	<title>Today's news, yet it reached 122,000 results</title>
	<author>unity100</author>
	<datestamp>1268568240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>on google :</p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=obama+backs+acta&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&amp;client=firefox-a" title="google.com">http://www.google.com/search?q=obama+backs+acta&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&amp;client=firefox-a</a> [google.com]</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>on google : http : //www.google.com/search ? q = obama + backs + acta&amp;ie = utf-8&amp;oe = utf-8&amp;aq = t&amp;rls = org.mozilla : en-GB : official&amp;client = firefox-a [ google.com ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>on google :http://www.google.com/search?q=obama+backs+acta&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&amp;client=firefox-a [google.com]</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475570</id>
	<title>Re:Same song</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268567400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.</p></div><p>Is there anyone here who honestly expects democrats to be the exact opposite of republicans on every issue?  Especially when a small fraction of the voters care about said issue, and against that there is millions of dollars of campaign contributions to be had?  I hate ACTA and its sponsors too, but come on, national politics are always about the lesser of two evils.  It strikes me as pretty foolish to act like because we don't have a saint, we have the exact same sinner.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Meet the new boss .
Same as the old boss.Is there anyone here who honestly expects democrats to be the exact opposite of republicans on every issue ?
Especially when a small fraction of the voters care about said issue , and against that there is millions of dollars of campaign contributions to be had ?
I hate ACTA and its sponsors too , but come on , national politics are always about the lesser of two evils .
It strikes me as pretty foolish to act like because we do n't have a saint , we have the exact same sinner .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Meet the new boss.
Same as the old boss.Is there anyone here who honestly expects democrats to be the exact opposite of republicans on every issue?
Especially when a small fraction of the voters care about said issue, and against that there is millions of dollars of campaign contributions to be had?
I hate ACTA and its sponsors too, but come on, national politics are always about the lesser of two evils.
It strikes me as pretty foolish to act like because we don't have a saint, we have the exact same sinner.
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474554</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477730</id>
	<title>obama + mpaa + riaa = fascisim</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268583780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>the only thing he is doing is securing more capital for his reelection campaign, by backing people who think it is OK to fine someone 100,000+ for one illegal download, were-as a stolen CD would normally only demand 100.</p><p>"ill keep my guns money and freedom, you keep the change!"</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>the only thing he is doing is securing more capital for his reelection campaign , by backing people who think it is OK to fine someone 100,000 + for one illegal download , were-as a stolen CD would normally only demand 100 .
" ill keep my guns money and freedom , you keep the change !
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>the only thing he is doing is securing more capital for his reelection campaign, by backing people who think it is OK to fine someone 100,000+ for one illegal download, were-as a stolen CD would normally only demand 100.
"ill keep my guns money and freedom, you keep the change!
"</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475436</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>TimHunter</author>
	<datestamp>1268566260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>I just spent 5 minutes looking through their site and couldn't find a single thing that they are actually about.</p></div> </blockquote><p>You know, you'd think<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/.'ers could find their way around the web without me having to hold their little hands.
</p><p>
<b>Coffee Party USA</b> aims to reinvigorate the public sphere, drawing from diverse backgrounds and diverse perspectives, with the goal of expanding the influence of the People in America's political arena. We do not require nor adhere to any preexisting ideology.  We encourage deliberation guided by reason amongst the many viewpoints held by our members. We see our diversity as a strength, not a weakness, because we believe that faithful deliberation from multiple vantage points is the best way to achieve the common good.  It is in the responsible and reasonable practice of deliberation that we hope to contribute to society.
</p><p>
<b>Coffee Party USA</b> is made up of people acting independently of political parties, of corporations, and of political lobbying networks.  To this point, all products created and hours logged for Coffee Party have been carried out in the spirit of volunteerism.  In the coming months and years, we hope to transform our disappointment in our current political system into a force that will return our nation to a course of popular governance, of the People by the People for the People.
</p><p>
<b>We are diverse</b> -- ethnically, geographically, politically, in age and in experience.
</p><p>
<b>We are 100\% grassroots.</b>  No lobbyists here.  No pundits.  And no hyper-partisan strategists calling the shots in this movement. We are a spontaneous and collective expression of our desire to forge a culture of civic engagement that is solution-oriented, not blame-oriented.
</p><p>
We demand a government that responds to the needs of the majority of its citizens as expressed by our votes and by our voices; <b>NOT corporate interests as expressed by misleading advertisements and campaign contributions.</b>
</p><p>
We want a society in which democracy is treated as sacrosanct and ordinary citizens participate out of a sense of civic duty, civic pride, and a desire to contribute to society.  The Coffee Party is a call to action. Our Founding Fathers and Mothers gave us an enduring gift -- Democracy -- and we must use it to meet the challenges that we face as a nation.
</p><p>
<a href="http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/content/about-us" title="coffeepartyusa.com">http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/content/about-us</a> [coffeepartyusa.com] </p><blockquote><div><p>The so-called Coffee Party is actually just another astroturf wing of the Obama campaign machine.</p></div></blockquote><p>From the Coffee Party web site: <a href="http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/content/coffee-party-fact-check" title="coffeepartyusa.com">http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/content/coffee-party-fact-check</a> [coffeepartyusa.com]</p></div>
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<tokenext>I just spent 5 minutes looking through their site and could n't find a single thing that they are actually about .
You know , you 'd think / .
'ers could find their way around the web without me having to hold their little hands .
Coffee Party USA aims to reinvigorate the public sphere , drawing from diverse backgrounds and diverse perspectives , with the goal of expanding the influence of the People in America 's political arena .
We do not require nor adhere to any preexisting ideology .
We encourage deliberation guided by reason amongst the many viewpoints held by our members .
We see our diversity as a strength , not a weakness , because we believe that faithful deliberation from multiple vantage points is the best way to achieve the common good .
It is in the responsible and reasonable practice of deliberation that we hope to contribute to society .
Coffee Party USA is made up of people acting independently of political parties , of corporations , and of political lobbying networks .
To this point , all products created and hours logged for Coffee Party have been carried out in the spirit of volunteerism .
In the coming months and years , we hope to transform our disappointment in our current political system into a force that will return our nation to a course of popular governance , of the People by the People for the People .
We are diverse -- ethnically , geographically , politically , in age and in experience .
We are 100 \ % grassroots .
No lobbyists here .
No pundits .
And no hyper-partisan strategists calling the shots in this movement .
We are a spontaneous and collective expression of our desire to forge a culture of civic engagement that is solution-oriented , not blame-oriented .
We demand a government that responds to the needs of the majority of its citizens as expressed by our votes and by our voices ; NOT corporate interests as expressed by misleading advertisements and campaign contributions .
We want a society in which democracy is treated as sacrosanct and ordinary citizens participate out of a sense of civic duty , civic pride , and a desire to contribute to society .
The Coffee Party is a call to action .
Our Founding Fathers and Mothers gave us an enduring gift -- Democracy -- and we must use it to meet the challenges that we face as a nation .
http : //www.coffeepartyusa.com/content/about-us [ coffeepartyusa.com ] The so-called Coffee Party is actually just another astroturf wing of the Obama campaign machine.From the Coffee Party web site : http : //www.coffeepartyusa.com/content/coffee-party-fact-check [ coffeepartyusa.com ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I just spent 5 minutes looking through their site and couldn't find a single thing that they are actually about.
You know, you'd think /.
'ers could find their way around the web without me having to hold their little hands.
Coffee Party USA aims to reinvigorate the public sphere, drawing from diverse backgrounds and diverse perspectives, with the goal of expanding the influence of the People in America's political arena.
We do not require nor adhere to any preexisting ideology.
We encourage deliberation guided by reason amongst the many viewpoints held by our members.
We see our diversity as a strength, not a weakness, because we believe that faithful deliberation from multiple vantage points is the best way to achieve the common good.
It is in the responsible and reasonable practice of deliberation that we hope to contribute to society.
Coffee Party USA is made up of people acting independently of political parties, of corporations, and of political lobbying networks.
To this point, all products created and hours logged for Coffee Party have been carried out in the spirit of volunteerism.
In the coming months and years, we hope to transform our disappointment in our current political system into a force that will return our nation to a course of popular governance, of the People by the People for the People.
We are diverse -- ethnically, geographically, politically, in age and in experience.
We are 100\% grassroots.
No lobbyists here.
No pundits.
And no hyper-partisan strategists calling the shots in this movement.
We are a spontaneous and collective expression of our desire to forge a culture of civic engagement that is solution-oriented, not blame-oriented.
We demand a government that responds to the needs of the majority of its citizens as expressed by our votes and by our voices; NOT corporate interests as expressed by misleading advertisements and campaign contributions.
We want a society in which democracy is treated as sacrosanct and ordinary citizens participate out of a sense of civic duty, civic pride, and a desire to contribute to society.
The Coffee Party is a call to action.
Our Founding Fathers and Mothers gave us an enduring gift -- Democracy -- and we must use it to meet the challenges that we face as a nation.
http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/content/about-us [coffeepartyusa.com] The so-called Coffee Party is actually just another astroturf wing of the Obama campaign machine.From the Coffee Party web site: http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/content/coffee-party-fact-check [coffeepartyusa.com]
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31493188</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>I'm Don Giovanni</author>
	<datestamp>1268737680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Three jokes that have one thing in common: they are totally and utterly unelectable.  Thank God.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Three jokes that have one thing in common : they are totally and utterly unelectable .
Thank God .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Three jokes that have one thing in common: they are totally and utterly unelectable.
Thank God.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474702</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268562000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>What would help is not let countries such as China decide what the value of their currency is, but to compute its value from the exports and imports.<br>
<br>
The Chinese yuan is worth a lot more than 0.15 U.S. dollars. If we could actually force the real value of the Yuan, manufacturing would once more be viable in this great country.</htmltext>
<tokenext>What would help is not let countries such as China decide what the value of their currency is , but to compute its value from the exports and imports .
The Chinese yuan is worth a lot more than 0.15 U.S. dollars. If we could actually force the real value of the Yuan , manufacturing would once more be viable in this great country .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What would help is not let countries such as China decide what the value of their currency is, but to compute its value from the exports and imports.
The Chinese yuan is worth a lot more than 0.15 U.S. dollars. If we could actually force the real value of the Yuan, manufacturing would once more be viable in this great country.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31493586</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>hany</author>
	<datestamp>1268743440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>To protect "ideas", they (US) still need physical power.</p><p>And if they do have physical power to enforce their "ideas" world-wide, they can lower the costs and improve earnings by simply dropping the "creative business" altogether. Replacing it by simple "protection service": you pay us and we do not beat you up.</p><p>So<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... I guess the future of US is to become a protection racket (if it is not already).</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>To protect " ideas " , they ( US ) still need physical power.And if they do have physical power to enforce their " ideas " world-wide , they can lower the costs and improve earnings by simply dropping the " creative business " altogether .
Replacing it by simple " protection service " : you pay us and we do not beat you up.So ... I guess the future of US is to become a protection racket ( if it is not already ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>To protect "ideas", they (US) still need physical power.And if they do have physical power to enforce their "ideas" world-wide, they can lower the costs and improve earnings by simply dropping the "creative business" altogether.
Replacing it by simple "protection service": you pay us and we do not beat you up.So ... I guess the future of US is to become a protection racket (if it is not already).</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31481156</id>
	<title>Hoping for Change</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268663760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>Well I guess all of that hope and change translated into a big boost for the common individual, and a giant finger to the corporate conglomerates.  Oh wait.... what's that....  it was all just hype for the election?  No wonder the youth were so taken in by it, they'd never seen that before.  Folks, if you really want change you can believe in, you'd better be willing to fight for it because that's the only way it's going to happen.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Well I guess all of that hope and change translated into a big boost for the common individual , and a giant finger to the corporate conglomerates .
Oh wait.... what 's that.... it was all just hype for the election ?
No wonder the youth were so taken in by it , they 'd never seen that before .
Folks , if you really want change you can believe in , you 'd better be willing to fight for it because that 's the only way it 's going to happen .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Well I guess all of that hope and change translated into a big boost for the common individual, and a giant finger to the corporate conglomerates.
Oh wait.... what's that....  it was all just hype for the election?
No wonder the youth were so taken in by it, they'd never seen that before.
Folks, if you really want change you can believe in, you'd better be willing to fight for it because that's the only way it's going to happen.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474648</id>
	<title>I really despise obama now.</title>
	<author>unity100</author>
	<datestamp>1268561580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>despite i have been a staunch supporter of him and quarreled with my conservative american friends for close to a year since his candidacy to his election and even beyond.</p><p>really, from this point on, i dont think i will be hypocritical to defend him in any regard. there are things that can be overlooked and forgiven, noone is perfect. but ransoming rights and liberties of the thought process to private individuals is nothing less than feudalism at its best. and someone who can justify this to himself cannot be defended in anything else.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>despite i have been a staunch supporter of him and quarreled with my conservative american friends for close to a year since his candidacy to his election and even beyond.really , from this point on , i dont think i will be hypocritical to defend him in any regard .
there are things that can be overlooked and forgiven , noone is perfect .
but ransoming rights and liberties of the thought process to private individuals is nothing less than feudalism at its best .
and someone who can justify this to himself can not be defended in anything else .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>despite i have been a staunch supporter of him and quarreled with my conservative american friends for close to a year since his candidacy to his election and even beyond.really, from this point on, i dont think i will be hypocritical to defend him in any regard.
there are things that can be overlooked and forgiven, noone is perfect.
but ransoming rights and liberties of the thought process to private individuals is nothing less than feudalism at its best.
and someone who can justify this to himself cannot be defended in anything else.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31490022</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>TSPhoenix</author>
	<datestamp>1268659260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>As someone living outside the US I see it similarly, the US exports mostly luxury items and little in the way of necessities. As such I'm still baffled why other countries jump through all sorts of outrageous hoops to accommodate them as many simply do appear to need the US. I understand why the US is good to export to, it is a substantial and reliable source of income for exporting countries. But if all these trade regulations coming out of the US are so terrible why do other countries take them lying down?</p><p>As far as I can see the US would be absolutely boned if exports and imports ceased (as would many other countries), whereas everyone else  would be fine until the US comes crawling back without its totally one-sided trade agreements.</p><p>Of course I really don't know that much about the subject. I just don't know why other countries let the US impose trade restriction upon them that only benefit the US. If anyone cares to give a good explanation for why things are panning out as they are, I'd be grateful.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>As someone living outside the US I see it similarly , the US exports mostly luxury items and little in the way of necessities .
As such I 'm still baffled why other countries jump through all sorts of outrageous hoops to accommodate them as many simply do appear to need the US .
I understand why the US is good to export to , it is a substantial and reliable source of income for exporting countries .
But if all these trade regulations coming out of the US are so terrible why do other countries take them lying down ? As far as I can see the US would be absolutely boned if exports and imports ceased ( as would many other countries ) , whereas everyone else would be fine until the US comes crawling back without its totally one-sided trade agreements.Of course I really do n't know that much about the subject .
I just do n't know why other countries let the US impose trade restriction upon them that only benefit the US .
If anyone cares to give a good explanation for why things are panning out as they are , I 'd be grateful .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>As someone living outside the US I see it similarly, the US exports mostly luxury items and little in the way of necessities.
As such I'm still baffled why other countries jump through all sorts of outrageous hoops to accommodate them as many simply do appear to need the US.
I understand why the US is good to export to, it is a substantial and reliable source of income for exporting countries.
But if all these trade regulations coming out of the US are so terrible why do other countries take them lying down?As far as I can see the US would be absolutely boned if exports and imports ceased (as would many other countries), whereas everyone else  would be fine until the US comes crawling back without its totally one-sided trade agreements.Of course I really don't know that much about the subject.
I just don't know why other countries let the US impose trade restriction upon them that only benefit the US.
If anyone cares to give a good explanation for why things are panning out as they are, I'd be grateful.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474726</id>
	<title>How's President Hope'N'Change working out for you?</title>
	<author>Mark Atwood</author>
	<datestamp>1268562180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>He's just yet another dirty Chicago politican, with the added advantage of a huge cohort of religious followers who made him the Obamessiah.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>He 's just yet another dirty Chicago politican , with the added advantage of a huge cohort of religious followers who made him the Obamessiah .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>He's just yet another dirty Chicago politican, with the added advantage of a huge cohort of religious followers who made him the Obamessiah.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474534</id>
	<title>Re:It could have been worse...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268560740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Yes because the republican party is sooo much better.  Also your sig... sieg heil Germany</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Yes because the republican party is sooo much better .
Also your sig... sieg heil Germany</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yes because the republican party is sooo much better.
Also your sig... sieg heil Germany</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474792</id>
	<title>Re:Let's Do Something</title>
	<author>Opportunist</author>
	<datestamp>1268562540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>ACTA will actually make the US poorer.</p><p>Yes, ACTA is aimed towards giving IP laws more power, globally. But how much do you think countries with real problems care about protecting IP laws from countries they don't care about? Do you think China will put some muscle behind enforcing IP laws? Or anyone in the far east, maybe with the exception of Japan? Do you think Russia cares a lot, or any of the post-Soviet Union countries? South America? They got bigger problems. Yeah, they'll certainly pay lip service to it and maybe, when enough of a stink is brewing, they might stage a sting or two, arrest a few token low level copy sellers, then ignore the problem. Why? Why not? What's their interest in it? They have little to no IP, it's like asking a landlocked country to spend money to make the coasts that don't belong to it secure.</p><p>In the US, ACTA will be enforced fully, of course. Not only the IP of the US, but also the IP of other countries. Yes, including countries like Russia, China and all the others that will not put the same amount of muscle behind it. So who benefits from it? THe US? Stop kidding. Yes, the IP owners in the US will be happy about it, but the US as a country will lose money in the process. Because its consumers have to hand money to the IP owners abroad, with nothing to little coming back in return.</p><p>And I'm not even talking about how DVDs are sold for a buck there because else you couldn't sell them at all.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>ACTA will actually make the US poorer.Yes , ACTA is aimed towards giving IP laws more power , globally .
But how much do you think countries with real problems care about protecting IP laws from countries they do n't care about ?
Do you think China will put some muscle behind enforcing IP laws ?
Or anyone in the far east , maybe with the exception of Japan ?
Do you think Russia cares a lot , or any of the post-Soviet Union countries ?
South America ?
They got bigger problems .
Yeah , they 'll certainly pay lip service to it and maybe , when enough of a stink is brewing , they might stage a sting or two , arrest a few token low level copy sellers , then ignore the problem .
Why ? Why not ?
What 's their interest in it ?
They have little to no IP , it 's like asking a landlocked country to spend money to make the coasts that do n't belong to it secure.In the US , ACTA will be enforced fully , of course .
Not only the IP of the US , but also the IP of other countries .
Yes , including countries like Russia , China and all the others that will not put the same amount of muscle behind it .
So who benefits from it ?
THe US ?
Stop kidding .
Yes , the IP owners in the US will be happy about it , but the US as a country will lose money in the process .
Because its consumers have to hand money to the IP owners abroad , with nothing to little coming back in return.And I 'm not even talking about how DVDs are sold for a buck there because else you could n't sell them at all .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>ACTA will actually make the US poorer.Yes, ACTA is aimed towards giving IP laws more power, globally.
But how much do you think countries with real problems care about protecting IP laws from countries they don't care about?
Do you think China will put some muscle behind enforcing IP laws?
Or anyone in the far east, maybe with the exception of Japan?
Do you think Russia cares a lot, or any of the post-Soviet Union countries?
South America?
They got bigger problems.
Yeah, they'll certainly pay lip service to it and maybe, when enough of a stink is brewing, they might stage a sting or two, arrest a few token low level copy sellers, then ignore the problem.
Why? Why not?
What's their interest in it?
They have little to no IP, it's like asking a landlocked country to spend money to make the coasts that don't belong to it secure.In the US, ACTA will be enforced fully, of course.
Not only the IP of the US, but also the IP of other countries.
Yes, including countries like Russia, China and all the others that will not put the same amount of muscle behind it.
So who benefits from it?
THe US?
Stop kidding.
Yes, the IP owners in the US will be happy about it, but the US as a country will lose money in the process.
Because its consumers have to hand money to the IP owners abroad, with nothing to little coming back in return.And I'm not even talking about how DVDs are sold for a buck there because else you couldn't sell them at all.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477936</id>
	<title>Re:"Single greatest" = "sole remaining" amirite?</title>
	<author>countertrolling</author>
	<datestamp>1268585640000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>RECORDED HISTORICAL FACT...</i></p><p>Has been copyrighted, and Texas couldn't afford to pay the royalties.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>RECORDED HISTORICAL FACT...Has been copyrighted , and Texas could n't afford to pay the royalties .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>RECORDED HISTORICAL FACT...Has been copyrighted, and Texas couldn't afford to pay the royalties.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474736</id>
	<title>Its only fair...</title>
	<author>Tangential</author>
	<datestamp>1268562240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Its only fair, the RIAA and the MPAA have made a sizable investment in Obama and especially in Biden.

It wouldn't be fair for them to have spent all that money and gotten nothing but a bunch of justice department positions in return. They've made a sizable purchase of politicians. They should be able to enjoy the fruits of ownership.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Its only fair , the RIAA and the MPAA have made a sizable investment in Obama and especially in Biden .
It would n't be fair for them to have spent all that money and gotten nothing but a bunch of justice department positions in return .
They 've made a sizable purchase of politicians .
They should be able to enjoy the fruits of ownership .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Its only fair, the RIAA and the MPAA have made a sizable investment in Obama and especially in Biden.
It wouldn't be fair for them to have spent all that money and gotten nothing but a bunch of justice department positions in return.
They've made a sizable purchase of politicians.
They should be able to enjoy the fruits of ownership.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475522</id>
	<title>Re:Holy flamebait batman</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268566920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Trolling in article summaries == more page hits<br>More page hits == more ad revenue</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Trolling in article summaries = = more page hitsMore page hits = = more ad revenue</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Trolling in article summaries == more page hitsMore page hits == more ad revenue</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31480048</id>
	<title>Jesus H. Christ</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268654280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Pop music is neither innovative or ingenius.  Let's burn this mother to the ground and start over... kidding, FBI...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Pop music is neither innovative or ingenius .
Let 's burn this mother to the ground and start over... kidding , FBI.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Pop music is neither innovative or ingenius.
Let's burn this mother to the ground and start over... kidding, FBI...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474822</id>
	<title>Wonderful!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268562660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Perhaps the title should be "U.S.'s Obama To Limit Internet Freedom".<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;-)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Perhaps the title should be " U.S. 's Obama To Limit Internet Freedom " .
; - )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Perhaps the title should be "U.S.'s Obama To Limit Internet Freedom".
;-)</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475226</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>lytles</author>
	<datestamp>1268564940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>the problem that i see is that there's no accountability. same thing for the tea party. or for that matter, obama. i gave a bit of money to the campaign, and there might be a lot of people that did that don't agree with some of his decisions. but it's very hard to apply any sort of leverage - the campaign is the single point of contact, and as such largely controls the message</p><p>for the sake of argument, lets assume that 30\% of the money that the obama campaign raised was from people who actively oppose the speech the article is referring to. (yes, i know it's probably \_far\_ lower<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... this is for the sake of argument) it's almost impossible for that 30\% to find each other, to figure out that other "supporters" aren't happy with the current direction. if that block could get together, they'd have some influence. but we can't</p><p>i supported the obama campaign largely because the financing was (at least initially) driven by small donations. that concept has the potential to be revolutionary, but i think there needs to be another step. the people making the donations need a way to maintain some control, to have a unified voice</p><p>we need a proxy - to not give money to a campaign directly, but thru a proxy that represents a particular set of beliefs - and maybe even to negotiate with various candidates to try to find the best match. the coffee (or tea) party might be a step in that direction, but it seems to be more about positive energy than any particular issue (or at least, not issues that i'm strongly in favor of)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>the problem that i see is that there 's no accountability .
same thing for the tea party .
or for that matter , obama .
i gave a bit of money to the campaign , and there might be a lot of people that did that do n't agree with some of his decisions .
but it 's very hard to apply any sort of leverage - the campaign is the single point of contact , and as such largely controls the messagefor the sake of argument , lets assume that 30 \ % of the money that the obama campaign raised was from people who actively oppose the speech the article is referring to .
( yes , i know it 's probably \ _far \ _ lower ... this is for the sake of argument ) it 's almost impossible for that 30 \ % to find each other , to figure out that other " supporters " are n't happy with the current direction .
if that block could get together , they 'd have some influence .
but we can'ti supported the obama campaign largely because the financing was ( at least initially ) driven by small donations .
that concept has the potential to be revolutionary , but i think there needs to be another step .
the people making the donations need a way to maintain some control , to have a unified voicewe need a proxy - to not give money to a campaign directly , but thru a proxy that represents a particular set of beliefs - and maybe even to negotiate with various candidates to try to find the best match .
the coffee ( or tea ) party might be a step in that direction , but it seems to be more about positive energy than any particular issue ( or at least , not issues that i 'm strongly in favor of )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>the problem that i see is that there's no accountability.
same thing for the tea party.
or for that matter, obama.
i gave a bit of money to the campaign, and there might be a lot of people that did that don't agree with some of his decisions.
but it's very hard to apply any sort of leverage - the campaign is the single point of contact, and as such largely controls the messagefor the sake of argument, lets assume that 30\% of the money that the obama campaign raised was from people who actively oppose the speech the article is referring to.
(yes, i know it's probably \_far\_ lower ... this is for the sake of argument) it's almost impossible for that 30\% to find each other, to figure out that other "supporters" aren't happy with the current direction.
if that block could get together, they'd have some influence.
but we can'ti supported the obama campaign largely because the financing was (at least initially) driven by small donations.
that concept has the potential to be revolutionary, but i think there needs to be another step.
the people making the donations need a way to maintain some control, to have a unified voicewe need a proxy - to not give money to a campaign directly, but thru a proxy that represents a particular set of beliefs - and maybe even to negotiate with various candidates to try to find the best match.
the coffee (or tea) party might be a step in that direction, but it seems to be more about positive energy than any particular issue (or at least, not issues that i'm strongly in favor of)</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475084</id>
	<title>Re:It could have been worse...</title>
	<author>teknomage1</author>
	<datestamp>1268564160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Don't you see? This is a brilliant strategy. By coming out in favor of ACTA, the Republicans now have to rail against ACTA for destroying America's freedom. Then Obama can "concede to political pressures" on the issue and ACTA is withdrawn, thus protecting America from this crap for another 4 years. It's pure genius.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Do n't you see ?
This is a brilliant strategy .
By coming out in favor of ACTA , the Republicans now have to rail against ACTA for destroying America 's freedom .
Then Obama can " concede to political pressures " on the issue and ACTA is withdrawn , thus protecting America from this crap for another 4 years .
It 's pure genius .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Don't you see?
This is a brilliant strategy.
By coming out in favor of ACTA, the Republicans now have to rail against ACTA for destroying America's freedom.
Then Obama can "concede to political pressures" on the issue and ACTA is withdrawn, thus protecting America from this crap for another 4 years.
It's pure genius.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31483704</id>
	<title>Protection from whom?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268675760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>IP protection in the US only protects entrepreneurs, products, and companies inside the US. IPP law only applies in other countries if those countries agree to pursue legal action as directed by the US. Why do you think there are so many pirates in China? because China won't back our IPP law. So, bolstering our IPP law really only protects US companies from other US companies. Beyond that, it's just a nice thought.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>IP protection in the US only protects entrepreneurs , products , and companies inside the US .
IPP law only applies in other countries if those countries agree to pursue legal action as directed by the US .
Why do you think there are so many pirates in China ?
because China wo n't back our IPP law .
So , bolstering our IPP law really only protects US companies from other US companies .
Beyond that , it 's just a nice thought .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>IP protection in the US only protects entrepreneurs, products, and companies inside the US.
IPP law only applies in other countries if those countries agree to pursue legal action as directed by the US.
Why do you think there are so many pirates in China?
because China won't back our IPP law.
So, bolstering our IPP law really only protects US companies from other US companies.
Beyond that, it's just a nice thought.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31480588</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268660220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>right. I work my a$$ off to create something, and everyone else gets a free ride. That's going to encourage people to work? HA!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>right .
I work my a $ $ off to create something , and everyone else gets a free ride .
That 's going to encourage people to work ?
HA !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>right.
I work my a$$ off to create something, and everyone else gets a free ride.
That's going to encourage people to work?
HA!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475786</id>
	<title>Re:Anyone remember RIAA/MPAA's stance on Open Sour</title>
	<author>rts008</author>
	<datestamp>1268569020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Am I the only one who is beginning to get worried?</p></div><p>Only those of you just noticing the writing on the wall that's been there for several decades now.</p><p>The rest of saw this coming years ago.</p><p>I am <b>not</b> a 'consumer' of media, I am a potential <b>customer</b> for the works of media.<br>When I consume dinner or a beer, it's gone...consumed.<br>When I listen to music, read a book, or watch a film...they are still there after I'm done...not consumed.</p><p>If you accept the label of 'consumer', or use it in this context...you have already been subjugated. Your brainwashing is almost complete.<br><i>Get them thinking like cattle, and they behave like cattle.</i></p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Am I the only one who is beginning to get worried ? Only those of you just noticing the writing on the wall that 's been there for several decades now.The rest of saw this coming years ago.I am not a 'consumer ' of media , I am a potential customer for the works of media.When I consume dinner or a beer , it 's gone...consumed.When I listen to music , read a book , or watch a film...they are still there after I 'm done...not consumed.If you accept the label of 'consumer ' , or use it in this context...you have already been subjugated .
Your brainwashing is almost complete.Get them thinking like cattle , and they behave like cattle .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Am I the only one who is beginning to get worried?Only those of you just noticing the writing on the wall that's been there for several decades now.The rest of saw this coming years ago.I am not a 'consumer' of media, I am a potential customer for the works of media.When I consume dinner or a beer, it's gone...consumed.When I listen to music, read a book, or watch a film...they are still there after I'm done...not consumed.If you accept the label of 'consumer', or use it in this context...you have already been subjugated.
Your brainwashing is almost complete.Get them thinking like cattle, and they behave like cattle.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476578</id>
	<title>Re:I really despise obama now.</title>
	<author>shutdown -p now</author>
	<datestamp>1268575020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Wow. So Obama does something that is actually fully consistent with his pre-election promises, and that throws you into rage; while the many times he reneged on what he said was fine and peachy?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Wow .
So Obama does something that is actually fully consistent with his pre-election promises , and that throws you into rage ; while the many times he reneged on what he said was fine and peachy ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Wow.
So Obama does something that is actually fully consistent with his pre-election promises, and that throws you into rage; while the many times he reneged on what he said was fine and peachy?</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474648</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475026</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268563800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>TEA PARTY = grass roots COFFEE PARTY = Obama Astroturf as someone close to the Obama administration started the coffee party and is PROGRESSIVE we must stop California from infecting the rest of the country fokes drink TEA not COFFEE</htmltext>
<tokenext>TEA PARTY = grass roots COFFEE PARTY = Obama Astroturf as someone close to the Obama administration started the coffee party and is PROGRESSIVE we must stop California from infecting the rest of the country fokes drink TEA not COFFEE</tokentext>
<sentencetext>TEA PARTY = grass roots COFFEE PARTY = Obama Astroturf as someone close to the Obama administration started the coffee party and is PROGRESSIVE we must stop California from infecting the rest of the country fokes drink TEA not COFFEE</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475796</id>
	<title>WRONG</title>
	<author>LOLYouAreWrong</author>
	<datestamp>1268569080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Obama YOU ARE WRONG</htmltext>
<tokenext>Obama YOU ARE WRONG</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Obama YOU ARE WRONG</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476300</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268573040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The funny thing is, that really, if you only trade in IP, you have no leverage. What if china starts ignoring it (instead of just stealing it as they do now)? They already own half the country.</p><p>No, we're fucked.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The funny thing is , that really , if you only trade in IP , you have no leverage .
What if china starts ignoring it ( instead of just stealing it as they do now ) ?
They already own half the country.No , we 're fucked .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The funny thing is, that really, if you only trade in IP, you have no leverage.
What if china starts ignoring it (instead of just stealing it as they do now)?
They already own half the country.No, we're fucked.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474676</id>
	<title>Is anyone really surprised by this?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268561820000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><em>It seems that the RIAA, MPAA, and similar organisations have been successful in lobbying the US administration into supporting their cause. This means that the US government will continue to (financially) support an industry that is simply outdated, and has failed to adapt to the changing market - which seems remarkably anti-capitalistic and anti-free market, even for a Democratic president. </em></p><p>Obama has surrounded himself with people that do not believe in the free market and whose heroes are people like Chairman Mao, Lenin, and Marx.  He plainly states that he sought out Marxist professors and left wing radicals while in college.  Assuming that he would believe differently than the people he has surrounded himself with stretches credulity to its breaking point.</p><p>So, how can anyone be surprised when he acts anti-capitalistic and anti-freemarket?  If you are, you simply haven't paid attention to what he has done, rather than what he has said.  He most definitely believes government knows best, and ought to control far more aspects of American life than it ever has before.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It seems that the RIAA , MPAA , and similar organisations have been successful in lobbying the US administration into supporting their cause .
This means that the US government will continue to ( financially ) support an industry that is simply outdated , and has failed to adapt to the changing market - which seems remarkably anti-capitalistic and anti-free market , even for a Democratic president .
Obama has surrounded himself with people that do not believe in the free market and whose heroes are people like Chairman Mao , Lenin , and Marx .
He plainly states that he sought out Marxist professors and left wing radicals while in college .
Assuming that he would believe differently than the people he has surrounded himself with stretches credulity to its breaking point.So , how can anyone be surprised when he acts anti-capitalistic and anti-freemarket ?
If you are , you simply have n't paid attention to what he has done , rather than what he has said .
He most definitely believes government knows best , and ought to control far more aspects of American life than it ever has before .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It seems that the RIAA, MPAA, and similar organisations have been successful in lobbying the US administration into supporting their cause.
This means that the US government will continue to (financially) support an industry that is simply outdated, and has failed to adapt to the changing market - which seems remarkably anti-capitalistic and anti-free market, even for a Democratic president.
Obama has surrounded himself with people that do not believe in the free market and whose heroes are people like Chairman Mao, Lenin, and Marx.
He plainly states that he sought out Marxist professors and left wing radicals while in college.
Assuming that he would believe differently than the people he has surrounded himself with stretches credulity to its breaking point.So, how can anyone be surprised when he acts anti-capitalistic and anti-freemarket?
If you are, you simply haven't paid attention to what he has done, rather than what he has said.
He most definitely believes government knows best, and ought to control far more aspects of American life than it ever has before.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475160</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>Cidolfas</author>
	<datestamp>1268564520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>In theory, yes.</p><p>But the cost of fighting any of these mega-corps is so immense that, in effect, unless you're fighting somebody near your own weight class (in terms of available resources) you will lose, and likely never even get to see the verdict.  Look at what Monsanto's done to agriculture in the last decade.  If you don't pay to plant Monsanto's seed, they sue you into bankruptcy where you have to sell the farm to a Monsanto friend.  It is defacto illegal to harvest seed from crops now, because though there is no law against it the people who used to make a living running the seed-collecting machines were sued for contributory infringement against Monsanto's genetic patents.  It just costs too much for a person to defend against that.  Especially since most corperations structure themselves in such a way that they don't  own anything and use cashflow for everything, and the laws are written to that effect.  Farmers have little cashflow and millions of dollars in assets (land, property) and therefore repeatedly get destroyed if they don't lay down and give a large cut of profits to Monsanto.</p><p>Your argument about the RIAA stealing an indie band's music and selling it on their own is crap.  The laws that protect the RIAA don't cover that, and the indie bands can't afford the cost to use a DMCA-approved content protection system to trigger DMCA violations.  Having music IP laws that allow for statuatory payments per performance and such is fine, but the erosion of fair use (though, historically, fair use as a legal concept has re-emerged more recently than not, and is being beat back down) is soley the RIAA powed by friends in Washington DC.</p><p>Other IPs vary, but more often than not it's the Monsantos that the laws are written for to protect, not the individual inventor.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>In theory , yes.But the cost of fighting any of these mega-corps is so immense that , in effect , unless you 're fighting somebody near your own weight class ( in terms of available resources ) you will lose , and likely never even get to see the verdict .
Look at what Monsanto 's done to agriculture in the last decade .
If you do n't pay to plant Monsanto 's seed , they sue you into bankruptcy where you have to sell the farm to a Monsanto friend .
It is defacto illegal to harvest seed from crops now , because though there is no law against it the people who used to make a living running the seed-collecting machines were sued for contributory infringement against Monsanto 's genetic patents .
It just costs too much for a person to defend against that .
Especially since most corperations structure themselves in such a way that they do n't own anything and use cashflow for everything , and the laws are written to that effect .
Farmers have little cashflow and millions of dollars in assets ( land , property ) and therefore repeatedly get destroyed if they do n't lay down and give a large cut of profits to Monsanto.Your argument about the RIAA stealing an indie band 's music and selling it on their own is crap .
The laws that protect the RIAA do n't cover that , and the indie bands ca n't afford the cost to use a DMCA-approved content protection system to trigger DMCA violations .
Having music IP laws that allow for statuatory payments per performance and such is fine , but the erosion of fair use ( though , historically , fair use as a legal concept has re-emerged more recently than not , and is being beat back down ) is soley the RIAA powed by friends in Washington DC.Other IPs vary , but more often than not it 's the Monsantos that the laws are written for to protect , not the individual inventor .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>In theory, yes.But the cost of fighting any of these mega-corps is so immense that, in effect, unless you're fighting somebody near your own weight class (in terms of available resources) you will lose, and likely never even get to see the verdict.
Look at what Monsanto's done to agriculture in the last decade.
If you don't pay to plant Monsanto's seed, they sue you into bankruptcy where you have to sell the farm to a Monsanto friend.
It is defacto illegal to harvest seed from crops now, because though there is no law against it the people who used to make a living running the seed-collecting machines were sued for contributory infringement against Monsanto's genetic patents.
It just costs too much for a person to defend against that.
Especially since most corperations structure themselves in such a way that they don't  own anything and use cashflow for everything, and the laws are written to that effect.
Farmers have little cashflow and millions of dollars in assets (land, property) and therefore repeatedly get destroyed if they don't lay down and give a large cut of profits to Monsanto.Your argument about the RIAA stealing an indie band's music and selling it on their own is crap.
The laws that protect the RIAA don't cover that, and the indie bands can't afford the cost to use a DMCA-approved content protection system to trigger DMCA violations.
Having music IP laws that allow for statuatory payments per performance and such is fine, but the erosion of fair use (though, historically, fair use as a legal concept has re-emerged more recently than not, and is being beat back down) is soley the RIAA powed by friends in Washington DC.Other IPs vary, but more often than not it's the Monsantos that the laws are written for to protect, not the individual inventor.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477702</id>
	<title>Heinlein said it best</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268583540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>"There has grown in the minds of certain groups in this country the idea<br>that just because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the<br>public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged<br>with guaranteeing such a profit in the future, even in the face of changing<br>circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is<br>supported by neither statute or common law. Neither corporations or<br>individuals have the right to come into court and ask that the clock<br>of history be stopped, or turned back."</p><p>- Heinlein, Life Line, 1939</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>" There has grown in the minds of certain groups in this country the ideathat just because a man or corporation has made a profit out of thepublic for a number of years , the government and the courts are chargedwith guaranteeing such a profit in the future , even in the face of changingcircumstances and contrary to public interest .
This strange doctrine issupported by neither statute or common law .
Neither corporations orindividuals have the right to come into court and ask that the clockof history be stopped , or turned back .
" - Heinlein , Life Line , 1939</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"There has grown in the minds of certain groups in this country the ideathat just because a man or corporation has made a profit out of thepublic for a number of years, the government and the courts are chargedwith guaranteeing such a profit in the future, even in the face of changingcircumstances and contrary to public interest.
This strange doctrine issupported by neither statute or common law.
Neither corporations orindividuals have the right to come into court and ask that the clockof history be stopped, or turned back.
"- Heinlein, Life Line, 1939</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474496</id>
	<title>Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>sopssa</author>
	<datestamp>1268560380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Does it really surprise anyone? Internet has only been in its early development and in its baby years, now it's starting to form more like everything else in the world before has. Wild West too. Of course the rampant piracy will end too.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Does it really surprise anyone ?
Internet has only been in its early development and in its baby years , now it 's starting to form more like everything else in the world before has .
Wild West too .
Of course the rampant piracy will end too .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Does it really surprise anyone?
Internet has only been in its early development and in its baby years, now it's starting to form more like everything else in the world before has.
Wild West too.
Of course the rampant piracy will end too.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475460</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>Rivalz</author>
	<datestamp>1268566380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Just curious but cant we do both?
Developing IP employs how many people?
Ever look at the top companies that earn the most money?
How many people do they employ?</htmltext>
<tokenext>Just curious but cant we do both ?
Developing IP employs how many people ?
Ever look at the top companies that earn the most money ?
How many people do they employ ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Just curious but cant we do both?
Developing IP employs how many people?
Ever look at the top companies that earn the most money?
How many people do they employ?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475552</id>
	<title>Well DUH.</title>
	<author>RyuuzakiTetsuya</author>
	<datestamp>1268567280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>They're trade representatives of their respective industries.  No shit that Obama's going to back them.</p><p>As much as we like to shit on the MPAA and RIAA, they make IP.  subsequently, and often foolishly, they try to protect their IP.  Which is their right.</p><p>I can't get riled up over IP violation law anymore.  There's just so much more to life than ripping DVDs to put on my PSP, Phone or for backup purposes.  I'm not saying that the cause is lost, just, not worth burning calories on on slashdot.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>They 're trade representatives of their respective industries .
No shit that Obama 's going to back them.As much as we like to shit on the MPAA and RIAA , they make IP .
subsequently , and often foolishly , they try to protect their IP .
Which is their right.I ca n't get riled up over IP violation law anymore .
There 's just so much more to life than ripping DVDs to put on my PSP , Phone or for backup purposes .
I 'm not saying that the cause is lost , just , not worth burning calories on on slashdot .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They're trade representatives of their respective industries.
No shit that Obama's going to back them.As much as we like to shit on the MPAA and RIAA, they make IP.
subsequently, and often foolishly, they try to protect their IP.
Which is their right.I can't get riled up over IP violation law anymore.
There's just so much more to life than ripping DVDs to put on my PSP, Phone or for backup purposes.
I'm not saying that the cause is lost, just, not worth burning calories on on slashdot.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474662</id>
	<title>Filll out a complaint to the whitehouse</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268561640000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Imaginary property hurts us all.<br><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact" title="whitehouse.gov" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact</a> [whitehouse.gov]</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Imaginary property hurts us all.http : //www.whitehouse.gov/contact [ whitehouse.gov ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Imaginary property hurts us all.http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact [whitehouse.gov]</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474482</id>
	<title>Nigger.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268560320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>lol</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>lol</tokentext>
<sentencetext>lol</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476310</id>
	<title>Re:"Single greatest" = "sole remaining" amirite?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268573160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Parse error, cannot assign const std::string to const std::string, did you mean to use == ?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Parse error , can not assign const std : : string to const std : : string , did you mean to use = = ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Parse error, cannot assign const std::string to const std::string, did you mean to use == ?</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476268</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268572920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Form my observation if the US is going to rely on their national intelligence to support the economy, they are in BIG trouble!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Form my observation if the US is going to rely on their national intelligence to support the economy , they are in BIG trouble !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Form my observation if the US is going to rely on their national intelligence to support the economy, they are in BIG trouble!</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31481600</id>
	<title>Re:I really despise obama now.</title>
	<author>mcgrew</author>
	<datestamp>1268666460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter\_Noone" title="wikipedia.org">Noone is NOT perfect</a> [wikipedia.org]; no one is. I don't even care much for the guy's music.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Noone is NOT perfect [ wikipedia.org ] ; no one is .
I do n't even care much for the guy 's music .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Noone is NOT perfect [wikipedia.org]; no one is.
I don't even care much for the guy's music.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477802</id>
	<title>why is he President even talking about this?</title>
	<author>Dan667</author>
	<datestamp>1268584560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>A failed business model is certainly not a priority of the US Government and Obama needs to be forcefully reminded of this.  People are dying in foreign wars and in our own hospitals.  There are certainly lots more important issues that need to be addressed</htmltext>
<tokenext>A failed business model is certainly not a priority of the US Government and Obama needs to be forcefully reminded of this .
People are dying in foreign wars and in our own hospitals .
There are certainly lots more important issues that need to be addressed</tokentext>
<sentencetext>A failed business model is certainly not a priority of the US Government and Obama needs to be forcefully reminded of this.
People are dying in foreign wars and in our own hospitals.
There are certainly lots more important issues that need to be addressed</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474778</id>
	<title>Re:Coffee party</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268562480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>You mean the <a href="http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010/03/03/ny-times-washington-post-hide-phony-coffee-party-astroturf-roots-at-the-ny-times/" title="bigjournalism.com" rel="nofollow">astroturf group run by a political operative that worked for Barack Obama and Sen James Webb (D-VA)?</a> [bigjournalism.com] She also just happened to be a Strategy Analyst for the NY Times.<br> <br>

The one that is <a href="http://bigjournalism.com/wthuston/2010/03/14/the-phony-coffee-party-astroturfing-continues-msm-looks-the-other-way/" title="bigjournalism.com" rel="nofollow">organizing a "grassroots" get together in Chicago that isn't actually being lead by anyone FROM Chicago?</a> [bigjournalism.com] <br> <br>

They aren't an independent group... they're just another special interest group like Obama for America. If you want to be a tool, by all means, do so, just admit to yourself that you are someone else's pawn.</htmltext>
<tokenext>You mean the astroturf group run by a political operative that worked for Barack Obama and Sen James Webb ( D-VA ) ?
[ bigjournalism.com ] She also just happened to be a Strategy Analyst for the NY Times .
The one that is organizing a " grassroots " get together in Chicago that is n't actually being lead by anyone FROM Chicago ?
[ bigjournalism.com ] They are n't an independent group... they 're just another special interest group like Obama for America .
If you want to be a tool , by all means , do so , just admit to yourself that you are someone else 's pawn .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You mean the astroturf group run by a political operative that worked for Barack Obama and Sen James Webb (D-VA)?
[bigjournalism.com] She also just happened to be a Strategy Analyst for the NY Times.
The one that is organizing a "grassroots" get together in Chicago that isn't actually being lead by anyone FROM Chicago?
[bigjournalism.com]  

They aren't an independent group... they're just another special interest group like Obama for America.
If you want to be a tool, by all means, do so, just admit to yourself that you are someone else's pawn.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475896</id>
	<title>Thats about what to expect</title>
	<author>cheezegeezer</author>
	<datestamp>1268570040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>That is just about what one would expect from Barrak Bin'Laden Obama</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>That is just about what one would expect from Barrak Bin'Laden Obama</tokentext>
<sentencetext>That is just about what one would expect from Barrak Bin'Laden Obama</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31482154</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>MarkGriz</author>
	<datestamp>1268668980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>And how has that stance worked out for them?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>And how has that stance worked out for them ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>And how has that stance worked out for them?</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31480238</id>
	<title>Re:Cartels</title>
	<author>OrangeCatholic</author>
	<datestamp>1268656560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>&gt;I had great hope for some real change when Obama came in</p><p>Why?  Because he held up placards that said "Hope" and "Change"?  *laugh*</p><p>&gt;what will the reaction of the open source community be in 70 years when the first copyrights of Linux become public domain?</p><p>Not a big problem because it will be a rolling effect.  At first, only the 0.0.1 kernel will be public domain, and what are you going to do with that?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>&gt; I had great hope for some real change when Obama came inWhy ?
Because he held up placards that said " Hope " and " Change " ?
* laugh * &gt; what will the reaction of the open source community be in 70 years when the first copyrights of Linux become public domain ? Not a big problem because it will be a rolling effect .
At first , only the 0.0.1 kernel will be public domain , and what are you going to do with that ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>&gt;I had great hope for some real change when Obama came inWhy?
Because he held up placards that said "Hope" and "Change"?
*laugh*&gt;what will the reaction of the open source community be in 70 years when the first copyrights of Linux become public domain?Not a big problem because it will be a rolling effect.
At first, only the 0.0.1 kernel will be public domain, and what are you going to do with that?</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31476954</id>
	<title>Re:Wild West Internet will be gone</title>
	<author>megajason</author>
	<datestamp>1268577300000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I'm not sure I agree with you totally, but...<p><div class="quote"><p>The only way forward is to make western economies competitive again.</p></div><p> Right on.  Leaning on IP isn't the way forward.  We can't expect to be an entire nation full of "thinkers" with a "service economy" forever.  You can't eat intellectual property.  You can't live in it either.  Ultimately we have to be able to create what we need or at least create what other people need.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm not sure I agree with you totally , but...The only way forward is to make western economies competitive again .
Right on .
Leaning on IP is n't the way forward .
We ca n't expect to be an entire nation full of " thinkers " with a " service economy " forever .
You ca n't eat intellectual property .
You ca n't live in it either .
Ultimately we have to be able to create what we need or at least create what other people need .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm not sure I agree with you totally, but...The only way forward is to make western economies competitive again.
Right on.
Leaning on IP isn't the way forward.
We can't expect to be an entire nation full of "thinkers" with a "service economy" forever.
You can't eat intellectual property.
You can't live in it either.
Ultimately we have to be able to create what we need or at least create what other people need.
	</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31475892</id>
	<title>Re:Future wars</title>
	<author>Bigon</author>
	<datestamp>1268570040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Not sure why this one is ranked "funny"</htmltext>
<tokenext>Not sure why this one is ranked " funny "</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Not sure why this one is ranked "funny"</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477826</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268584740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I would suspect representative Ron Paul(republican,but no one wants to claim him) from Texas would oppose this legislation.</p><p>yes I really do.</p><p>that's all. stop reading. go away.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I would suspect representative Ron Paul ( republican,but no one wants to claim him ) from Texas would oppose this legislation.yes I really do.that 's all .
stop reading .
go away .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I would suspect representative Ron Paul(republican,but no one wants to claim him) from Texas would oppose this legislation.yes I really do.that's all.
stop reading.
go away.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474750</id>
	<title>What about "Free Culture"?</title>
	<author>supersloshy</author>
	<datestamp>1268562360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>But it&rsquo;s only a competitive advantage if our companies know that someone else can&rsquo;t just steal that idea and duplicate it with cheaper inputs and labor.</p></div><p>Look at the Free Culture/Software movement, Obama. There's people all over the place "stealing other people's ideas", except it isn't stealing. When you steal something, you take it from them without their permission. Should you need permission to make a program that does the same thing as another program? Should you need permission to cover, adapt, or remix something someone else did? It's not like you can just sue random people off the street for singing a song you "own" (Oh wait, that happened quite a few times already. Nevermind). None of these uses of our culture should ever be thought of as infringing; doing so practically removes our right to say as we please (then again, people over the years have stated that we have never had "free speech" anyways).</p><p>"Fair Use" has produced millions of dollars, and you dare imply that it didn't? By supporting the ACTA/RIAA/MPAA, you're supporting concentration of wealth (which just so happens to be concentrated towards the few companies that are trying to control our culture), which is never a good thing. "Intellectual Property" doesn't need to be "protected" in this matter at all, and these ideas are just getting more and more absurd. Things aren't going to get better if we have people like Obama supporting these crazy ideas.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>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.Look at the Free Culture/Software movement , Obama .
There 's people all over the place " stealing other people 's ideas " , except it is n't stealing .
When you steal something , you take it from them without their permission .
Should you need permission to make a program that does the same thing as another program ?
Should you need permission to cover , adapt , or remix something someone else did ?
It 's not like you can just sue random people off the street for singing a song you " own " ( Oh wait , that happened quite a few times already .
Nevermind ) . None of these uses of our culture should ever be thought of as infringing ; doing so practically removes our right to say as we please ( then again , people over the years have stated that we have never had " free speech " anyways ) .
" Fair Use " has produced millions of dollars , and you dare imply that it did n't ?
By supporting the ACTA/RIAA/MPAA , you 're supporting concentration of wealth ( which just so happens to be concentrated towards the few companies that are trying to control our culture ) , which is never a good thing .
" Intellectual Property " does n't need to be " protected " in this matter at all , and these ideas are just getting more and more absurd .
Things are n't going to get better if we have people like Obama supporting these crazy ideas .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>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.Look at the Free Culture/Software movement, Obama.
There's people all over the place "stealing other people's ideas", except it isn't stealing.
When you steal something, you take it from them without their permission.
Should you need permission to make a program that does the same thing as another program?
Should you need permission to cover, adapt, or remix something someone else did?
It's not like you can just sue random people off the street for singing a song you "own" (Oh wait, that happened quite a few times already.
Nevermind). None of these uses of our culture should ever be thought of as infringing; doing so practically removes our right to say as we please (then again, people over the years have stated that we have never had "free speech" anyways).
"Fair Use" has produced millions of dollars, and you dare imply that it didn't?
By supporting the ACTA/RIAA/MPAA, you're supporting concentration of wealth (which just so happens to be concentrated towards the few companies that are trying to control our culture), which is never a good thing.
"Intellectual Property" doesn't need to be "protected" in this matter at all, and these ideas are just getting more and more absurd.
Things aren't going to get better if we have people like Obama supporting these crazy ideas.
	</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31477348</id>
	<title>Re:Not Trolling ...</title>
	<author>ravenshrike</author>
	<datestamp>1268580180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sarah Palin. The only remotely realistic candidate for prez with a history of actually kicking the crap out of corp/gov corruption.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sarah Palin .
The only remotely realistic candidate for prez with a history of actually kicking the crap out of corp/gov corruption .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sarah Palin.
The only remotely realistic candidate for prez with a history of actually kicking the crap out of corp/gov corruption.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31481372</id>
	<title>Re:Logical</title>
	<author>mcgrew</author>
	<datestamp>1268664960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>If it's not physical goods, then what else is America selling abroad? IP, that's what.</i></p><p>Yet few Americans actually earn their living through IP. Note that all the major players in the entertainment industry are foreign corporations like Universal, Sony, Virgin? If you work for a software company you work for an IP company, which is a lot of slashdotters, but most people work in industries like construction or the service sector, which have nothing to do with IP.</p><p>This doesn't benefit the worker, only the rich, amd most of the rich that this benefits are foreign stockholders of multinational corporatioins.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If it 's not physical goods , then what else is America selling abroad ?
IP , that 's what.Yet few Americans actually earn their living through IP .
Note that all the major players in the entertainment industry are foreign corporations like Universal , Sony , Virgin ?
If you work for a software company you work for an IP company , which is a lot of slashdotters , but most people work in industries like construction or the service sector , which have nothing to do with IP.This does n't benefit the worker , only the rich , amd most of the rich that this benefits are foreign stockholders of multinational corporatioins .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If it's not physical goods, then what else is America selling abroad?
IP, that's what.Yet few Americans actually earn their living through IP.
Note that all the major players in the entertainment industry are foreign corporations like Universal, Sony, Virgin?
If you work for a software company you work for an IP company, which is a lot of slashdotters, but most people work in industries like construction or the service sector, which have nothing to do with IP.This doesn't benefit the worker, only the rich, amd most of the rich that this benefits are foreign stockholders of multinational corporatioins.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_03_14_1956251.31474718</id>
	<title>Obama=Bush III</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1268562060000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Oh please, as if anyone could possibly be surprised Obama is a corporate whore. What do you think happens if you can't run for president unelss you can raise $60 million. Do you think his benefactors gave him that money expecting nothing in return?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Oh please , as if anyone could possibly be surprised Obama is a corporate whore .
What do you think happens if you ca n't run for president unelss you can raise $ 60 million .
Do you think his benefactors gave him that money expecting nothing in return ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Oh please, as if anyone could possibly be surprised Obama is a corporate whore.
What do you think happens if you can't run for president unelss you can raise $60 million.
Do you think his benefactors gave him that money expecting nothing in return?</sentencetext>
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