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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 16 November 2006 10:23 \__
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>> spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Jim <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>>>> What? You don't say! Media owned by companies?? Preposterous!
>>>> <stand sideways to camera holding can of Pepsi, taking care not to
>>>> obscure can logo, then armfold pose with Swatch fashion watch clearly
>>>> visible, then high-kick stopping one inch away from camera with outsole
>>>> Nike swoosh right in front of lens>
>>>> Although... now you come to mention it... naw... just my imagination.
>>>
>>> Methinks you've seen waynes world one too many times.
>>><holds up his cup. "It's those 1000 perforations that let flavour flood
>>> out">
>>
>> The issue is a serious one, though. In the US there's no legal
>> requirement for unbiassed reporting, here, there is.
>
> Speaking of bias (and corruption), get a load of this...
>
> Polite Hackers Kick It in Korea
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The first international hacker conference held in this most wired of
>| nations would never be confused with its Western forebears.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| For his part, GNU pioneer Stallman cautioned the crowd not to let
>| Korea become too much like the United States. He spoke about the
>| dangers of the country harmonizing with the U.S. Digital Millennium
>| Copyright Act through free trade agreements.
> `----
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72133-0.html
>
> Quoted for the latter part. Haven't some countries (Australia included) fall
> victim to these ludicrous negotiations?
Quite right - the Australian government has totally sold out to a
corrupt US administration - I thought that the Aussies had balls -
apparently not.
> The whole DRM and software piracy
> thing... Gates continues to travel throughout his 'retirement' as he
> 'enlightens' world leaders and changes the law (sometimes using pressure
> groups and lobbyists). It's quite disgraceful... I hope the politicians and
> lawmakers outside the United States have enough integrity. They must not
> cave in to pressure from monopolists in commerse, especially when that
> commerse comes from overseas and snatches jobs from the local people.
>
Well, not the Aussies, that's for sure. I think I'll go and laugh at
the next cricket tour.
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