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[melon]

the entertainment business has been corrupt for years, but that doesn't give people the right to break other laws just because they don't agree with them

one other thing, i'm not sure how you meant "the same people", but the reality is of course that in those large corporations, the people change over the years, so what warners was in the 70s is an entirely different thing to what time-warners is now (and warners in itself was a spin off from another company), and over time the staff changed from being interested in music to being accountants. the staff at warners change so often these days

the problem with these large corporations though, is without them it's hard to be a star, it's hard to be rich in the entertainment business. whilst you can say warners or sony make millions whilst the artist only makes a few grand, if it wasn't for those companies the artist wouldn't even make that much. very few decent movies would be made if those companies didn't fund them, or if they were made you wouldn't know about them as few can successfully promote a movie or album without those corps involvement

so it's kind of a necessary evil. if you want the entertainment, you get the rest along with it

If you support these coperations your only giving them the very money they need to buy your freedom - that is the problem , as that money is not being used ethically at all, but to influence and gain an unfair advantage through schemes like Superpacs.

" Super PACs — unlike traditional political action committees — may accept funds from nonprofits that are not required to disclose their donors. "

And what of Obamas attempts to stop it ?

" Congress, of course, never passed any of these reforms, and, given how crowded Obama’s legislative agenda was in 2010 and 2011, the President barely pushed for them. His attacks on Citizens United remained, as his advisers put it, “a powerful rhetorical opportunity to decry the influence of corporate money in politics,” but not much more than that.

And now that Obama has embraced Super PACs, the evil spawn of the decision he spent two years criticizing, even the “rhetorical opportunity” has vanished. Nobody said changing Washington was easy. "



m

[Unique]

If you support these coperations your only giving them the very money they need to buy your freedom - that is the problem , as that money is not being used ethically at all, but to influence and gain an unfair advantage through schemes like Superpacs.

" Super PACs — unlike traditional political action committees — may accept funds from nonprofits that are not required to disclose their donors. "

And what of Obamas attempts to stop it ?

" Congress, of course, never passed any of these reforms, and, given how crowded Obama’s legislative agenda was in 2010 and 2011, the President barely pushed for them. His attacks on Citizens United remained, as his advisers put it, “a powerful rhetorical opportunity to decry the influence of corporate money in politics,” but not much more than that.

And now that Obama has embraced Super PACs, the evil spawn of the decision he spent two years criticizing, even the “rhetorical opportunity” has vanished. Nobody said changing Washington was easy. "



m

so what's your solution to your problem?