GreyWolf
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We all know how passionate politicians can get about intellectual property enforcement once they?ve been handed a couple nice checks from the entertainment industry. But Texas representative Lamar Smith, despite being the mastermind behind the wrecking ball-style internet copyright legislation known as SOPA, isn?t really all that gung-ho about respecting other people?s intellectual property rights otherwise. If he was, he probably would have had his people thoroughly check his own website to make sure he wasn?t using any copyrighted material. But alas, Jaime Taete over at our big sister VICE snooped around and found that even good ?ol Lamar isn?t perfect when it comes to avoiding copyright violation under his own legislation.
vice.com - SOPA Backers Are Pirates Themselves
Democrats and Republicans in Congress may not have much in common, but most agree on one thing: It's illegal and immoral to pirate material on the Internet.
Apparently, they agree on one other thing: It's fun to pirate material from the Internet!
chigagotribune.com - Pirates in the House
Sony BMG, infamous for their overzealous anti-piracy campaigns was found to be running pirated software on their own systems back in 2008.
Wouldn't you know it? The organizations who scream the loudest about how unauthorized copies are "theft" and how "piracy" is destroying their industries are just as likely to get caught making unauthorized copies themselves.
techdirt.com - Sony BMG Caught Pirating Software
vice.com - SOPA Backers Are Pirates Themselves
Democrats and Republicans in Congress may not have much in common, but most agree on one thing: It's illegal and immoral to pirate material on the Internet.
Apparently, they agree on one other thing: It's fun to pirate material from the Internet!
chigagotribune.com - Pirates in the House
Sony BMG, infamous for their overzealous anti-piracy campaigns was found to be running pirated software on their own systems back in 2008.
Wouldn't you know it? The organizations who scream the loudest about how unauthorized copies are "theft" and how "piracy" is destroying their industries are just as likely to get caught making unauthorized copies themselves.
techdirt.com - Sony BMG Caught Pirating Software
