____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 09 January 2008 12:11 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 09 January 2008 09:17 : \____
>>
>>> Darth Chaos <darthchaosofrspw@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> [H]omer wrote:
>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>>
>>>>>> CD copying OK, DRM circumvention not OK
>>>>>
>>>>> No coincidence that this announcement comes at exactly the same time as
>>>>> the "anti-hacking tools" proposal. Clue: they're both part of the same
>>>>> agenda. How long before the misconception that "supplying a PC without
>>>>> Windows is illegal" becomes fact?
>>>>>
>>>>> Add MSLabour to the list, under MSBBC.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> IIRC, wasn't there talk about the BBC considering re-vamping the BBC TV
>>>> licence fee (which is required only if you receive TV signals) into a
>>>> BBC PC licence fee (which would require payment of the fee for mere
>>>> ownership of a computer)?
>>>
>>> That was some time ago, although I don't know what happened to it. As
>>> the BBC's licence-fees are now mainly being used to line the pockets of
>>> Siemens, Microsoft and others, it's really time to abandon the whole
>>> thing. I'd like to see just how much licence-fee cash becomes profit
>>> for commercial entities.
>>>
>>> In the meantime, DRM circumvention "not okay" is utterly unpolicable,
>>> and about as sensible as an ID card. Obviously, the government is being
>>> massaged (again) by foreign commercial interests, as those of the people
>>> are clearly not important to this labour government.
>>>
>>> I wonder how many expensive dinners were involved in getting this
>>> abysmal proposal to this stage?
>>
>> More importantly, when or where is the next Bilderberg gathering? This is a
>> disgusting state of affair that shows you just why you cannot separate
>> technology from politics.
>>
>
> Having had a quick peek at http://www.bilderberg.org/, my first reaction
> was that it seemed a little over the top, but as you start to pick
> through, the site does appear to consist of evidence rather than theory,
> and where there is theory, it's backed by evidence. It's also hardly
> surprising that the site has been pulled so many times, I can see a lot
> of influential people being very embarassed by it.
>
> Local council corruption is the stuff of legend, of course. I suspect
> if we started to sort that out, there wouldn't be a town our county
> councillor with a seat remaining.
Have you seen the information and video in my personal blog (some of it is
still in page 1)? I've been finding links to Microsoft and the 'Gateses'.
Bill's wife attends these events, apparently.
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