🚀 go-pugleaf

Which party is more "bought"?  Ooooh!  A challenge!  I ask you to consider
this:

1.) There is a very big "feeding chain" with MS.  Arguably, the stock market
stumbled with the DOJ announcement of indictment against MS, as the tech
sector shuddered.  A lot of money was lost, so the way that the Clinton DOJ
went after MS was poorly conceived.  Some folks have argued that much more
money was lost out of the tech sector (and, perhaps lost taxes) than any
supposed ill gotten gains by MS.  Other have argued that MS was targeted
'cause it was not spreading around enough "lobbying" money in Washington.

2.) Al Gore initiated the DMCA as a response to the WIPO treaty.  DMCA
defines a new crime: using or having a "circumvention device."  The RIAA and
MPAA were instrumental in the creation of the DMCA.

3.) Al Gore initiated the "Gore Tax" on the second phone line, by fiat, with
FCC administrative regulations.  This to pay for "internet access" in
schools, even though most schools are already connected.  The GOP controlled
Senate (at the time) complained that new taxes could not be created by
administrative directive....but we have it, nevertheless.  Part of the
directive is that the new tax must not be designated as such on the phone
bill (a hidden tax).  So we get to blame the phone companies for higher
prices.

4.) Senator Hollings (Dem-SC), who now heads the Commerce Committee out of
the Democrat controlled Senate "wrote" S.2048
http://www.eff.org/IP/SSSCA_CBDTPA/20020321_s2048_cbdtpa_bill.pdf  This Bill
hasn't passed yet but it has been introduced on the floor of the Senate.
The powerful MPAA lobby is pushing.

5.) Andy Grove (Intel) is upset about it
http://hrrc.org/Andrew_Grove_Article.doc

6.) And, the MPAA and friends are writing the first step "industry"
instantiation of the Bill, per the requirements of S.2048:
http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020405_eff_bpdg_alert.html

Which party is more "bought"?  Don't know...but I do agree with you that
voters ought to take notice.

--Cheers

"sarwar" <smansoor@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:JUaA8.130$ec4.81386632@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
> I think the day has come that we need to be carfull about MS the evil
> empire. It has been beaten by Java & Linux/Unix badly. But it has money to
> buy support like it bought Repulican Party to over turn ruling against its
> case. If we dont pay attention to this then dark ages for us is not far
> away.
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