Ashcroft: Movie piracy supports TERRORISM

[bloodyjack]

"With the recommendations put forward by the task force, the department is prepared to build the strongest, most aggressive legal assault against intellectual property crime in our nation's history," Ashcroft said in a statement.

Those recommendations include increasing the number of FBI agents to sniff out copyright violators, better training programs for prosecutors and law enforcement officers who investigate such offenses, and increasing cooperation between businesses and individuals affected by such theft.

The report (.pdf) -- which covers copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks and patents -- also says that those who benefit most from this theft "are criminals, and alarmingly, criminal organizations with possible ties to terrorism."

Calling it "music to our ears," Mitch Bainwol, CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America, praised the Justice Department for making the prosecution of copyright violators a priority. "No administration has ever mounted such a comprehensive approach to defending America's gift to the world -- our creativity," Bainwol said in a statement.

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65331,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

And all this time I thought movie piracy only benefits the guy who downloads the movie

[Occulus]

1. It's VERY hard to make these claims

especially when downloading something via, say, eDonkey, costs nothing to the end user.

Exactly how are funds being exchanged on a fundless transaction? I'm just curious.

[Tempest]

2. Other things which support terrorism

Not flushing the toilet after going.
Not lowering the toilet seat after going.
Not washing your hands after going to the toilet.


See, just about anything can be considered supporting terrorism if you put your mind to it.

Which is why Asscrotch's statements are asinine.

[NoPasaran]

4. Don't forget

Not using your turn signal
Driving down the road with your turn signal blinking for mile after mile
Talking on the cell phone while driving

Of course, the act of driving an H2 is totally terrorism support-free

[Tempest]

7. And the number one terrorist supporting activity according to Ashcroft

Voting for Kerry.

[NoPasaran]

8. I hear Kerry's going to attack us

The day after he's elected!

[Tempest]

9. You're thinking of Cheney

Cheney Vows To Attack U.S. If Kerry Elected

In an announcement that has alarmed voters across the nation, Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he will personally attack the U.S. if Sen. John Kerry wins the next election.

"If the wrong man is elected in November, the nation will come under a devastating armed attack of an unimaginable magnitude, one planned and executed by none other than myself," Cheney said, speaking at a rally in Greensboro, NC. "When they go to the polls, Americans must weigh this fact and decide if our nation can ignore such a grave threat."

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4041

[Zuni]

3. Just don't mention where the money you spend at Exxon goes

Movie Piracy is a major source of income for terrorists but they don't see a dime of money from fundamentalist kingdoms with enormous oil reserves

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Yeah and Isreal and the US use MILITARY action, not terror

see, when you get blasted out of your bed at 0300 by a tank shell or a rocket from a ship 1000km away your wounds don't hurt as bad, your relatives will not cry as loud, as say, oh if you just happen to be blasted to bits by a car bomb made from explosive that was made in the US and sold or stolen from somewhere.

[fknobbit]

6. I've suspected, all along, that tracking pubescent pirates

and locating maverick TX Dem's was the real reason behind the patty act.

[ReadTomPaine]

10. Any connection to terrorism means full use of Patriot...

... and all the other legal bludgeons Ashcroft was given to protect us from bogeymen.

RTP

[bloodyjack]

11. I think he's just trying to frighten the ignorant majority who DONT d/l

movies off of eMule or Bearshare or Kazaa or whatever, who will think "OMG they will trace my ip address and haul me off to Abu Gitmo" while the rest continue business as usual.

edit: formatting