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U2 manager isnt rich enough, but he is a damned fool.
Paul McGuinness, manager of rock band U2 one of the richest bands on earth, has made a speech during the MIDEM music conference, urging to start a total war against piracy. McGuinness said “It is time for artists to stand up against shoddy, careless and downright dishonest way they have been treated in the digital age”. McGuinness named a lot of defendants: he blamed record labels for “lack of foresight”, scientists, who “create marvelous devices but don’t think of themselves as makers of burglary kits”, and goverment who “created a thieves’ charter by agreeing that ISPs should not be responsible for what passes along their pipes”.
Finally, McGuinness has called on Internet service providers to immediately introduce disconnection policies to end illegal music downloads.
Scientists as creators of burglary kits, total war on piracy, and ISPs creating a theives charter, first Tom Cruise, now this raving fool. What next? Send everyone who has downloaded a song to Guantanamo?
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