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Re: [News] [OT] Record Industry Resorts to Extortion, Companies Fight Tiering of Web

[H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> 
>> Anti-P2P college bill advances in House
> 
> Only in America.
> 
> This is just bizarre! Since when is it the duty of educational
> institutions to play cop, or cut deals with protection racket extortionists?
> 
> But then given American college staff's propensity for tazering
> their students, I can see why they might be somewhat confused
> about the extent of their jurisdiction.
> 

It's just another method of taxation, I think.  Don't forget, though,
that in both Canada and France, the music industry manages to tax blank
tapes.

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