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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[You would have expected better sense from France.  They are taking the same stupid way out that America does.  Rather than going after the content PROVIDER, who is the one actually breaking the law, they want to punish everyone, even if they didn't know if they were breaking any law. The whole world is losing its collective grip on common sense.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[G.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 20th 2008 2:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sarkozy needs  a French  Yahoo ....<br>And to Get Down Off of Napolion's  HORSE  !<br><br>Vince]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vincent Fitzgerald]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 6:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[This poses another case of arrogance gone wild. As one in the record industry, and a musician and writer, if the labels and industry would have not been so arrogant abut this in the beginning, there would be no problems. They were not, laughing off the idea that anyone would actually go to the internet for music, this was as late as 2003. They had the opportunity with Napster, Grokster (anyone remember?) Limewire and all the others, of course big business would not play with innovation and change. Now governments are stepping in, more laws, more court fees and lawyer fees, more fines for the government, more jail space = more money for big business, and the biggest business of all The Governments !!! ALL GOVERNMENTS, citizens are not citizens, we are targeted demographics and expendable income. File sharing of music actually is a great promotional tool, that is not me, but proven facts, it creates what is known as the "buzz".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KenH]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 6:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[The way I see "downloaders" is... you are walking in the park and you find a dollar on the ground.  Do you keep it?   Do you leave it there?  RIAA, movie industry, and other such businesses want to sue because you keep what you find.<br><br>And BTW, with all the greed and crime, etc. going on in the world,  THIS is where France wants to draw the line?!?!?!?  How about protecting the public FROM big business!!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 6:27AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ifn france is fer it, then I is again' it. Them french fries don't know jack bout nutin. All them french pansies is good fer is surrendering to the Germans. They dun that real well.Twice.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[fred snuffbucket]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 8:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well "Fred snuffbucket" It's a shame you can't even speak of write English properly, so that means you really are in NO position to criticize.<br>If and when you become literate, maybe some body will listen to you and not laugh at you instead. I doubt that you will even read this reply.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 9:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[What short memories we Americans have!  It was the French who aided us in our Revolutionary War against the mighty forces of his Majesty George III, gifted us the Statue of Liberty on our 100th birthday, and have been our loyal OTAN (that's French for NATO!) allies since its inception. Moreover, we have only to open our US passports to confirm that until recently, French was the language of world diplomacy - as by convention, each world country must print its passports in French as well as the local language. As for the French being total quisling milquetoast pansies, "good only for surrendering to the Germans", how was it that until just 60 years ago half the known world was colonised by our Francophone brethren - including, in our neighbourhood;  Haiti, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, St Pierre et Miquelon, Montserrat, and St Martin.  Indeed, St Pierre et Miquelon, two small islands located just 75 km away from Halifax, NS, Canada; are actually an integral part of France itself to this day - and actually use the Euro as their currency!  Lastly, when our President (ex officio only, as he is illegitimate) G W Bush requested other nations' support in the Iraq war the UN had declared "unjust, immoral, and illegal" as it was 100% ultra vires of international law as well as our own, France had the moral integrity to refuse his pathetic and tiresome request - and today the French are seen by the vast majority of us as having done exactly right!  Vive la belle Republique Française!  Je vous salue bien!            ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Lall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 24th 2008 3:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[Everyone knows his thinking behind this---his too young, "artist" wife. Mr. President of France, make a sensible law, howboutit?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Annette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 8:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am so glad i'm not French. They think their crap doesn't stink.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MrsPriss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 8:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[So what's to stop the offender from using an alias,or someone elses computor?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fred Gifford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 8:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[Does anyone ever proofread this banter??]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TonyV2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 9:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[france can eat one big one.they will never stop it the internet is all around us and it isn't that hard to bipass outher internet providers and get online. any person with router skills and fiberoptics can hook up to a signal. whatwill this stop but cause more people breaking the laws??????????]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[marc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 10:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[isn't possession 9/10 ofthe law???????????]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[marc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 10:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[FRENCH?  RUDE,FILTHY& STINKS]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 8:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[fred snuffbucket's got them french pansies figured right!  They're all gimme, gimme, gimme, till it's time to support the gimme'er, then it's, "no speakum english".  They can,"a re va der chee", each other for all I care!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[georc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 10:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[What a joker, there's no chance that this plan will work, he's got more chance of crapping on the moon!! I've lived in France and I'll tell ya, this is just the kind of hair-brained, Mickey Mouse 2bit operation plan that they'd come up with! Don't get me wrong, France is a lovely place, it's just a shame about all the French people that live there!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[liam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 10:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[Such French BS. Personally, I think the internet should mostly be FREE. Just like most TV and radio is. Then if ya want download something that belongs to someone else....ya have to buy it. Unless it is freeware.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 11:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[If you steal something from someone else you are a theif!  This is great thinking on Sarkouzy, it seems that the children who oppose this law are the socialists afraid to join the capitalist market, how sad.  In order to eat you must work, it is the law of nature.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve deLong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 6:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[Such French BS. Personally, I think the internet should mostly be<br>FREE. Just like most TV and radio is. Then if ya want download<br>something that belongs to someone else....ya have to buy it. Unless<br>it is freeware.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 11:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on France to Ban Illegal Downloaders From the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/06/20/france-to-ban-illegal-music-tv-and-movie-downloaders/</guid><description><![CDATA[G.:  You expect better sense from France?  Wow, I have some beachfront property for sale in Arizona, if you are interested.  Seriously, this is just socialism at work.  "We think you should act this way, and we will spend significant amounts of your money to make sure you do  You are too stupid to know what is right or good for you, and since we are the elite thinkers, we will tell you, then make you."  By the way, we are headed that way more and more in the US.  We have judges overriding the clear stated will of the people with no constitutional basis, while allowing laws and even the Constitution itself to be ignored when it clearly states what is legal.  They even interpret rights into nonexistence.  We will probably have this kind of crap in the next presidency.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[john]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 23rd 2008 11:27AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
