Lemur
06-09-2006, 19:22
John Perry Barlow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow) (founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation) and Dan Glickman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Glickman) (CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America) had a very amusing debate hosted by the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/5064170.stm).
Personal favorite among the quotes:
I've got good news and bad news and good news. And the good news is that you guys have managed to buy every major legislative body on the planet, and the courts are even with you. So you've done a great job there and you should congratulate yourself.
But you know the problem is - the bad news is that you're up against a dedicated foe that is younger and smarter that you are and will be alive when you're dead. You're 55 years old and these kids are 17 and they're just smarter than you. So you're gonna lose that one.
But the good news is that you guys are mean sons of bitches and you've been figuring out ways of ripping off audiences and artists for centuries.....
Personal favorite among the quotes:
I've got good news and bad news and good news. And the good news is that you guys have managed to buy every major legislative body on the planet, and the courts are even with you. So you've done a great job there and you should congratulate yourself.
But you know the problem is - the bad news is that you're up against a dedicated foe that is younger and smarter that you are and will be alive when you're dead. You're 55 years old and these kids are 17 and they're just smarter than you. So you're gonna lose that one.
But the good news is that you guys are mean sons of bitches and you've been figuring out ways of ripping off audiences and artists for centuries.....