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Time for MPs to Face the Music on Sharing
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| But the idea that civil liberties should be curtailed simply to keep afloat a dying
| - and widely-hated, both by artists and consumers - industry, should be self-
| evidently absurd.
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| It's worrying that the author of this latest simplistic attack on file-sharing,
| apparently "a former member of Runrig", is unable to see this. He and other
| demagogues that attack sharing for whatever reason would do well to look at the
| facts, and not glibly regurgitate the propaganda of the industry and its lobbyists.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/09/time-for-mps-to-face-music-on-sharing.html
Charlie Brooker: What links Lord Mandelson, Damien Hirst and the music industry?
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| But no. They're going to identify and isolate these fans and try to ban them from
| the internet. Christ knows how that's going to work. Perhaps they'll employ a
| uniformed enforcer to run in and physically knock the mouse out of your hand
| every 10 minutes. Maybe an email arrives, curtly informing you you've been fired
| from Google. Now clear your cache and get out. I guess the powers that be could
| pressurise local service providers, but if they start cutting off broadband
| connections willy-nilly, neighbourhood Wi-Fi "theft" will skyrocket. And how do
| you stop people using iPhones and other mobile internet devices? Smash their
| fingers with rocks? Position snipers on rooftops?
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/14/charlie-brooker-damien-hirst
Recent:
Second chance for French net bill
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| A controversial French bill which could disconnect people caught downloading
| music illegally three times returns to parliament on Wednesday for debate.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8024475.stm
Hadopi : l'UMP, parti pirate !
http://www.marianne2.fr/Hadopi-l-UMP,-parti-pirate-!_a178735.html
As Sarkozy Pushes Three Strikes, He Pays Up For His Own Copyright Violations
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| Now, you might hope that this would cause Sarkozy to rethink his stance on
| copyright infringement. Instead, it looks like his political party has simply
| agreed to pay up and make the issue go away, while still pushing for the
| three strikes law. It sounds like they paid about 30,000 euros, which is a
| lot more than the single euro that Sarkozy's party initially offered (yes,
| seriously). No word on whether or not this counts towards the number of
| strikes on Sarkozy's internet connection.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090428/1204424684.shtml
Political Hypocrisy: French President Sued for Copyright Infringement
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| This may very well become the most ironic stories of 2009 in the copyright
| debate. The CBC is reporting that French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been
| sued by an independent band for copyright infringement.
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http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10034/Political+Hypocrisy+French+President+Sued+for+Copyright+Infringement
Is Nicholas Sarkozy One Strike Towards Losing His Internet Connection?
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| The latest is that French President, Nicholas Sarkozy, a big supporter of
| setting up a three strikes law in France, is being accused of violating
| copyright law himself.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090226/0101073907.shtml
British Government Violates Copyright
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| As much as I utterly despise the entire premise of Intellectual Monopoly,
| this is about violating the principles of a Free License, and if it's good
| enough for the British government to violate our civil rights in the name of
| Intellectual Monopoly, then it's good enough for the Free World to protect
| its "property" (in fact Freedom) tooâ
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http://slated.org/british_government_violates_copyright
UK government stole website theme
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| NUMBER 10, the UK Prime Minister's website, is apparently built using a
| design it nicked.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/18/uk-government-stole-website
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