Republican Nat'l Comm. running ads on software for illegal file swapping

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Republican National Committee advertises on E-Donkey

Share and share alike, right?

By Charlie Demerjian: Monday 19 April 2004, 07:15

ONE OF THE major themes for politicos of all stripes this year is digital rights management. When you and I think about it, we think of annoying things that keep you from exercising your rights and using the media that you legally purchased. Fair use? Not anymore.
Politicians think about easy speeches wrapped in patriotic and capitalistic phrases, backed up by large checks from the entertainment industry. The RIAA and MPAA fret, fume, and sue 12 year olds while shoveling wagonfulls of cash to get laws changed. If it weren’t so comical and sad, it would make me smile.

So, is this a stupid rant? Far from it, it is documentation of hypocrisy. While certain political organizations are decrying things that our judicial system has declared legal, other wings of the same organization fund them. See?

Does this mean E-Donkey is the official file trading network of the Bush administration? Is this open war on Hollywood liberals? Tune in next week for another episode of "How the Money Flows". Next week’s episode, "Condi, Ed Gillespie did WHAT?"

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15399

I just found this link from a hole in the wall website to this on a hole in the wall news site.

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1. Evidently they share the same ethics code

perhaps it was the RNC that sponsored the study published a couple weeks ago that said that file swapping actually enhances CD sales.

yeah, right!

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2. E-Donkey?

Count the ironies.

--bkl

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3. RNC is subsidizing theft

nothing new.

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4. They Have Nothing to Lose

Considering most of the entertainment industry already loathes the BFEE, and people who keep tabs on legislation know that it's the Dems (for the most part) who are pushing the RIAA-MPAA-friendly stuff this is actually a smart move on the GOP's part to get the tech-savvy youth vote.

I'd love to see one of the Dem-backing 527s buy some ads of their own, and try to counter it.

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5. The RNC are just hypocrites, reconsider fire sharing

p2p file sharing is replacing the radio as the way to find new music. Also note that p2p file sharing is not only used for songs or other files with copyright, but also for spreading information hard to come by otherwise. But with regards to p2p and the p2p sharing of songs, please go read the material at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. A quick summary: the law should be changed as it was with radio.

Besides, anyone with any sense will use open source software such as gtk-gnutella for file sharing, not such a crummy spyware enhanced program such as eDonkey. It does not surprise me that the RNC finds useful idiots using eDonkey.

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6. SiteMeter

They also advertise on http://www.sitemeter.com - that very banner above and another one calling Kerry on his Vietnam statements.

Sitemeter doesn't rotate the ads evenly; 3 out of 5 ads served seem to be RNC.