Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law
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Joe wrote:
> Joe Hart wrote:
>>
>> So you're saying we're going to be the UESSR and not the USE? Oh no,
>> people will start calling us the commies. ;)
>>
>
> No, I didn't mean to say that's what it will be called, just that the
> EU has very much more in common with the USSR than with the USA, and
> that it could be seen as quite offensive to use the term 'United States'
> in relation to Europe. The EU Constitution is about as far away from the
> US Constitution as it is possible to get.
>
> There's been a few murmurs from some old USSR satellite countries now
> in the EU that they thought they'd got away from that kind of thing...
>
>
Well, the EU constitution has not been ratified, and I agree with you
that it is a bad thing. That's why I (and the majority of the Dutch and
French people) voted against it. Some European countries have not had a
referendum specifically because they are afraid their populous will vote
against it.
However, going so far as to say that it is closer to the USSR than to
the USA is going quite overboard. As for freedoms, can you go anywhere
in the world you want to? Oh, that's right. You cannot enjoy legally a
Cuban cigar, nor can you legally visit the pristine beaches in that country.
Really, I have seen both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, I lived 30 years
in the USA, and I know the laws, and I thought I was free when I was
there. It is just in the last few years I have come to realize that the
American propaganda machine was in full swing. It still is. Tell me,
why is the World News dominated by American news when it comes on the
television? Why is CNN International different in the US than it is in
Europe?
Joe
Joe
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