Sinking the Copyright Pirates Opening Statement

Chairman Berman explains the damaging effects of intellectual property rights infringement and the importance of copyright protection.

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[AresKelevra]

Berman,you dont know what the fuck you are talking about!

Stop that! You are too old to have the slightest idea of what the internet is and does, and yet you are responsible for the USA and any other FOREIGN country passing ACTA, that is not democratic, thats fascist! Ban the free internet in USA? DO IT! I DONT CARE! but keep your hands off MY INTERNET, there is no way how some shitty californian rep too old to use a computer destroys MY ACCESS TO FREE INFORMATION! I AM NOT GONNA LET THIS HAPPEN

[IFMovement]

Howard Berman. It is inevitable that a backlash will target you because of your decisions to censor the Internet. Expect Us.

[lasest2]

stupid jew,why hasnt he been gassed yet?

[cooolsimon282]

Someone kill him?

[drumstyx6464]

You will be brought down. You're an old man, and do not understand the 21st century. Contrary to belief of your generation, the internet is NOT a series of tubes. You've created the ACTA to remove the privacy of the public, and put it under the guise of an anti-piracy act. Just wait for it to blow up, the entire country will stand up against you. Hope you enjoy Guy Fawkes masks.

[DanIsAllied]

FUCK YOU! FASCIST PIG! 

[helldozer17]

Troll harder, representative Howard Berman. The only people you are representative of are the heads of big wealthy corporations who have been screwing real people out of their money since the dawn of time. Piracy is not a bad thing, and it is never going away. Ever. The performers of the world are just going to have to learn that it is no longer acceptable to do something once, duplicate it for free infinityx times and sell work they never did. I'll pay for a live show, but never a recording.

[yellowklayman]

Im a musician and i refuse to make music unless im paid millions

[dumbo800]

Apparently, bootleg copies of unreleased content didn't exist before the internet.

The release of Wolverine was not stemmed by the internet, but rather the individual who bootlegged the first copy FROM WITHIN THE PRODUCTION AREA!

[AresKelevra]

"THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING?"

I DIDNT COME!

[honse246]

piracy is not a crime