1. All things considered, copyright reform, while desperately needed, is going to be a very low priority for the forseeable future.

2. I fail to see why people believe the Democrats are more likely to restore fair use rights.  Both the DMCA and the Mickey Mouse copyright extension act were signed into law by Clinton administration and let's face it, at least some of those celebrity endorsements are going to have strings attached.

@ Kurt_Aust

Give the Democrats a chance and will see where things go, don't be so quick to judge them we may get our fair use rights back, no one can say for sure what our fate will be with the new congress and President-Elect Obama.

What Osama, er Obama is really saying is that the industry isn't paying him enough and they'd better pony up if they want him to pass their laws.

dentman42 has got it right. The content owners have so much money that it's no contest. Remember the Golden Rule - he who has the gold makes the rules, especially with an organization as venal as Congress.

Obama has other things to worry about right now, like heavily armed Klan members. I'm not a racist, but word is that McCain is to blame for letting a black man get elected president. I say that Bush is to blame. Bush messed up the US so bad that American would have voted for Tina Turner if it meant something different. McCain is, in my opinion, another Bush. What am I trying to say here? Well, I'm not sure. I just ate a bunch of different pills I found in my grandmother's medicine cabinet and I'm feeling kind of woozy.

As far as copyright reform goes, I'm guessing it's pretty far down on Obama's list right now. Getting the US economy up and running again is his #1 priority.

"Obama has other things to worry about right now, like heavily armed Klan members"

You would know, wouldn't you?

That's it? That's your big, well-thought-out comeback? At least take the time to sign up to become a member instead of coming on here as guest. Or are you too busy coming up with witty comebacks for other Web sites?

An Obama reacrtion will be something like this:

People making under 45,000 a year will be allowed to pirate while people making more will have to pay for a retail copy.','bigsmile');">

@rontheripper, whats funny is, thats actually not a bad idea, there has to be some benefits of being poor, just like the rich have their own benefits.

We survived four years of Jimmy Carter, I'm sure we can survive the next four.

I agree with both you zzyzxroad and you also rontheripper...we poor folks deserve a little love here after all those years of "the rich get richer."  Its ridulous to have a country ran in that way and I am glad that the "lower class" might actually be able to get somewhere with their own lives instead of watching so many rich people just get richer.  Only fair man....

PukeDukem writes- "Well, I'm not sure. I just ate a bunch of different pills I found in my grandmother's medicine cabinet and I'm feeling kind of woozy."

This explains much of his incoherent blather.

@georgeo

You write: "The newspapers keep stating obama is black, but obamas mum was WHITE. doesnt that make him half cast?"

I believe the word is "half-caste" and seldom if ever used today in the United States. The term "mixed race" or "multi-ethnic"  is preferred. I do agree with your points, however and fortunately bigots like PukeDukem are a vanishing breed. Ever notice how the haters always begin with "I'm not a racist..." and then spew their venom?

The more you talk, the less you say. Where do you get off calling me a bigot? What proof do you have that I treat white people any differently than black, yellow, or brown? If I was to begin my posts with, "I'm not a short guy", would that mean I'm a short guy? Please be so kind as to point out examples of my bigotry. Your brain is not wired right, man.

You just don't get it, do you Pukem? You think you can rant like an ignorant blow-hard, throwing out bile like, "...word is that McCain is to blame for letting a black man get elected president", and go un-challenged? Crawl back under your rock and take your macho avatar with you.

Well, yes. I *do* think I can rant when the occasion calls for it. I stand by what I write and I know what I am, despite your words. I'm going to keep my awesome avatar and leave you alone to fight with yourself.

Obama is black?   Your kidding right?

I did not read DukeNukem comments as being a bigoted..well maybe about Sony Blu-ray.  Shame on you for not loving the Sony way 

@ Sam,

Yes, according to both television and the internet (neither of which has ever lied to me before), Obama is black. However, Lindsay Lohan doesn't know the word black, as proven in a recent interview.

"It's an amazing feeling. It's our first, you know, colored president."

Thanks for your time, Lindsay. Back to you, Sam.

Lindsay calling President-elect Obama "colored" is just ignorant. PukeNukem babbling "...word is that McCain is to blame for letting a black man get elected president." is both ignorant and racist. Pointing out some airhead celebrity's stupidity in no way excuses the moron with golden avatar.

Steven...Steven settle down! You'll wet the bed tonight.

Don't worry, Crabby. I'm pretty sure he wears adult diapers. Anyway, I have to get back to work. I'm trying to come up with some more racist remarks to piss off nobody but steven2874. Such an odd name. His mother must not have liked him very much. Personally, I would have named him steven666.

Half caste huh....  I lived in south Philly for three years, and to most people in the area I lived in, if you were half white and half black, you weren't black enough for the blacks, and you weren't white enough for the whites.........

And now for some words of wisdom from Lt. Commander Data.

Please continue the petty bickering, it intrigues me

"if you were half white and half black, you weren't black enough for the blacks, and you weren't white enough for the whites"

Sounds like racist talk to me.

Crappy sez-

"Steven...Steven settle down! You'll wet the bed tonight."

Pukem sez-

"Don't worry, Crabby. I'm pretty sure he wears adult diapers."

Their ignorance pointed out here by Mr.2874, they resort to the bathroom humor again. If they're not obsessing about my ass they're worrying over my depends.