Silent Wave of Control

Staff Writer: Grave Digger

Since Wolverine was leaked out onto the web, one person received the ax- well, claw, in the public forum. That is until lately.

In the back channels of the Internet, a silent wave of reprisals have been waged against free movie and television show providers. As a follow up to our: Wolverine Download Scandal, OHG investigates how big business rules our lives.

In recent years, conglomerates the world over have been asserting their rights via lobbyists, payoffs, and laws over us: the consumer. To push back against the attacks, a few surfers have used their programming talents for the people.

Rights, you say? Copyright, you espouse? Think how many times the Copyright Laws have changed in the last decade alone. Have the changes protected you or I? No. Think: Mickey Mouse. A cartoon character who should be in the public domain, but is not.

Download a movie or song from one of the "legal" providers. You'll soon discover you don't own the song like you once did. You now "lease" the property. Anything you do that does not conform to the law, could wind you up in jail.

Have you downloaded the movie or song to another computer? Have you tried to burn the item to cd or dvd? Have you tried to break free from the chains?

Then you've probably have broken the law.

Go ahead check the term of use or agreement on what you download. You'll see fast: you waste a lot of money on stuff you'll never own.

There are reasons people don't lease vehicles. We like a sense of ownership. It's our money. Let us own a part of our cultural hertiage.

Write your Congressperson and demand equal protection from the predatory corporate interests under the law! Perhpas it's not too late.

Sources: Rowling Copyright vs Fan Lexicon, Wolverine Download Scandal, and Digital Copy Ruse.