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  Re: Why is the music industry so privileged?  
From: John VanSickle
Date: 1 Apr 2008 13:42:49
Message: <47f28229@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> John VanSickle <evi### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> Because they have friends in the legislature.
> 
>   The music industry has more people in government positions than the
> software industry? Maybe the music industry is more organized and thus
> they have succeeded in doing this better than the more disorganized
> software industry has been able to?
> 
>   What does it tell about democracy and basic human rights when it's
> a bunch of private companies who run the government for their own benefit?

Since the exploitation of the law for the benefit of a few is far worse 
(and has a body count) under every other system, I'm not going so say 
that the present situation is a sign that democracy should be ditched.

And if private companies really were running the show in either Europe 
or the United States, there would be no business regulation.

Regards,
John


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