Apple is evil
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- kpl0
i'll defend corporations over half-assed, badly reasoned, asinine, hyperbolic, and hysterical nonsense. Plus, he needs to read 1984, not the cliff notes version of it.
The critique of the ad is over semantics. aka, stupid shit. I don't need a lawyer telling me what a world of difference a civil and a criminal trial entails..I know the difference. but what is the practical difference of being sued by the RIAA and being charged by a prosecutor, especially on the side of these kids, and to the general lay public?
If pepsi/apple decided to use correct verbage, 1/2 of this guy's movie is irrelevant. Now, if the RIAA is becoming a quasi-governmental agency, what responsibility does Apple have to state that? The fact is that Congress has made the RIAA into one. If they didn't pass the DMCA, the RIAA wouldn't be able to sue like they did and not get laughed out of court, and the costs of defense would be MUCH lower.
The point is that the critique is mostly against the RIAA, and this guy sticks a mac with big brother in it without making the connection from RIAA to Apple. I'm sorry, but if Apple decides to sell music, that makes them as bad as the RIAA? This guy needs to sharpen his (crappy) writing skills ("words fail me"... hah) and get away from propaganda to make his point.