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MI5 comes out against cutting off internet pirates
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| A source involved in drafting the Bill said
| that the intelligence agencies, MI5 and MI6,
| had also voiced concerns about
| disconnection. âThe spooks hate it,â the
| source said. âThey think it is only going to
| make monitoring more difficult.â
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6885923.ece
Net pirates to be 'disconnected'
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| He confirmed that it would become government
| policy, following months of speculation.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8328820.stm
Mandelson gives go ahead to âthree strikesâ
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| Listening to Lord Mandelson today at C&binet
| was very unpleasant.
|
| Mandelson announced one substantial policy:
| a âclampdownâ on detectable file sharing.
|
| Even MI5 disagree with him â they are
| convinced we will see a rise of a âDark Netâ
| of infringers.
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2009/mandelson-gives-go-ahead-to-three-strikes
ABA Asks Department of Justice to Investigate Bestseller Price Wars
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| The Board of Directors of the American
| Booksellers Association today sent the
| following letter to the U.S. Department of
| Justice requesting that it investigate
| practices by Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, and
| Target that it believes constitute illegal
| predatory pricing that is damaging to the
| book industry and harmful to consumers.
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http://news.bookweb.org/7130.html
An Olympic city's delicate fight against ambush marketing
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| That is what Vancouver has found out in
| recent weeks as it navigates the minefield
| between providing protection from ambush
| marketing by businesses that are not
| Olympics sponsors and guaranteeing the right
| to freedom of expression.
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http://www.ctvolympics.ca/about-vancouver/news/newsid=17493.html
Olympics Trademark Law Insanity: Officials Can Enter Homes, Issue $10,000 Fines
http://techdirt.com/articles/20091023/0449066652.shtml
Medical Researchers Resort To File Sharing To Get Access To Journal Research
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| When you hear about file sharing and
| unauthorized access to information online,
| the view pushed by many copyright
| maximalists is that it's just a bunch of
| morally corrupt kids who don't want to pay
| for stuff gleefully "stealing" music and
| movies from those hard working entertainment
| industry employees. Of course, the real
| picture is a lot more complex. For example,
| apparently there's a growing community of
| medical researchers using file sharing to
| exchange information and research reports
| that they have trouble accessing otherwise.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6885923.ece
âExplosiveâ UK singles music market
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| It used to be when someone bought an album,
| they expected to perhaps get two or three
| decent songs out of it. The rest would be
| garbage.
|
| The arrival of the net fixed that. Today,
| people can, and do, access single tracks,
| completely by-passing corporate filler
| dross.
|
| Now, the Guardian has Martin Talbot,
| managing director of the Official Charts
| Company, saying, âThe explosion in the
| singles market has been nothing short of
| astonishing this yearâ.
|
| Some 117 million singles have already been
| sold so far in 2009, surpassing the previous
| record of 115.1 million set in 2008, says
| the story, noting:
|
| âThe total has been reached with 10 weeks of
| trading, including the vital Christmas
| period, still to run this year, which also
| marks the 60th anniversary of the single.â
|
| And the trend looks likely to continue, says
| Talbot.
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http://www.p2pnet.net/story/30230
Prosecutors Take P2P Dev To The Supreme Court
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| Kaneko is the creator of the anonymous P2P
| software, Winny, and prosecutors tried to
| hold him responsible for the infringements
| of others who used it, saying that he was
| aware that his program would be put to
| illicit uses.
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http://freakbits.com/prosecutors-take-p2p-developer-to-the-supreme-court-1027
Recent:
Parliamentary Comms Group Says âNoâ to UK 3-Strikes
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| An increasing death-knell is sounding for Lord
| Mandelsonâs proposals for 3-strikes Internet
| disconnections. The latest blow comes from the All Party
| Parliamentary Communications Group. After a consultation
| earlier this year, they have now published their
| response, and itâs not one favorable to âDarth Mandyâ
| and his plans.
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http://torrentfreak.com/parliamentary-comms-group-says-no-to-uk-3-strikes-091017/
U.K. Minister Defends Internet Suspension In MPAA Speech
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| Meanwhile, a joint statement from the Featured Artists Coalition, the British
| Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and the Music Producers
| Guild also condemns the plan.
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http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ie0fe1e4b8826bd934c32abe14fad750c
Lammy appeals to film and music industries to help tackle online piracy
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| Lammy cites apparent inconsistencies in copyright law, citing the example of
| a CD owner who wants a copy on his MP3 player. "Is he breaking the rules or
| just refusing to be ripped off?"
|
| "Something isn't right with copyright. Not just in the UK but as a whole. And
| I want to do something about that," he says.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/sep/03/david-lammy-speaks-out-on-online-piracy
An open letter to Lord Mandelson
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| Your proposal is wrong for purely economic reasons. It is wrong because it
| will stifle a major opportunity for economic growth right at the point where
| we need it most. And it is wrong because as a government your role is not to
| legislate to protect business models but to regulate in a way that balances
| the risks of damage in one sector against the potential for encouraging new
| sectors to develop.
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http://blog.openwetware.org/scienceintheopen/2009/09/04/an-open-letter-to-lord-mandelson/
Creative industries and consumersâ rights
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| We hope that the Government will consider genuinely consumersâ rights in its
| endeavours to protect the creative industries.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article6819093.ece
Good Thoughts on Naughty Lord Mandelson
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/09/good-thoughts-on-naughty-lord-mandelson.html
The Right to Science and Culture
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1354788
Peter Mandelson Defends His Sudden Conversion To Kicking People Off The
Internet
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| You do realize that a UK-based music organization (PRS) recently released a
| report noting that the music industry in the UK is actually growing? Right?
| These are the sort of facts the Secretary of Business knows, right? And if
| the industry is growing, despite complaining about file sharing, isn't it
| possible that the real issue is just focusing on business model improvement,
| rather than the hand of gov't stepping in and slapping people around?
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090831/0134186048.shtml
BSA Jumps Onto The Three Strikes Bandwagon
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| More troubling, however, is that when questioned about the new statement by
| Ars Technica, the BSA said it was necessary because "last year our industry
| lost over $50 billion (USD) worldwide." Hmm. It's really quite troubling that
| the BSA still stands by these numbers when they've been debunked so
| thoroughly over and over again. They count the "retail value" of every piece
| of software as being "lost," which is clearly a lie. Five years ago, the
| research company that runs these studies for the BSA, IDG, flat out said that
| the BSA was wrong in claiming that "the retail value" of the software is the
| same as "losses." So why does the BSA continue to get away with claiming it?
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090831/0230056052.shtml
UK "Three Strikes": Please Write to Your MP
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| Yesterday I wrote a quick analysis of the insane U-turn effected by the UK
| government over "three strikes and you're out". Below I've posted the
| corresponding letter that I've sent to my MP on the subject.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/08/uk-three-strikes-please-write-to-your.html
Fon and Games with "Three Strikes"
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| Suppose, now, that people use some of those million hotspots to download
| copyright material: how easy is it going to be (a) establishing exactly who
| downloaded it and (b) cutting off that person?
|
| Gives a new meaning to the term "hotspot"...
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/08/fon-and-games-with-three-strikes.html
Lord Mandelson pays off his Â750,000 mortgage within a year
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| The mystery of how Lord Mandelson managed to afford a Â2.4 million town house
| in Regent's Park took a new twist this week with his claim in a newspaper
| interview that he did not possess a mortgage on the property.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6011346/Lord-Mandelson-pays-off-his-750000-mortgage-within-a-year.html
38 Degrees backs campaign against âDigital Dictatorâ Mandelson
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| Online campaigners 38 Degrees have launched an attack on Mandelsonâs plans to
| give himself the power to order internet cut-offs without trial. Other
| campaigners from a range of NGOs are getting in touch with us about this:
| there is a growing sense of outrage among people who know that the internet
| is the most important political tool we have.
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2009/08/38-degrees-backs-campaign-against-digital-dictator-mandelson/
Taking something for nothing is wrong . . .
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| [by] Peter Mandelson
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6814187.ece
UK Wants to Zap File-Sharers
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| It seems the British government is going loony for anti-piracy rhetoric from
| the likes of U2 and David Geffen.
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http://newteevee.com/2009/08/25/uk-wants-to-zap-file-sharers/
Mandelson goes to war on teenagers downloading their music and movies... just
days after dining with anti-piracy billionaire
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| Lord Mandelson launched a crackdown on internet piracy just days after
| meeting a leading Hollywood critic of illegal file sharing.
|
| The business secretary plans to criminalise the estimated seven million
| people - one in 12 of the population - who illicitly download music and films
| over the internet.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206901/Mandelson-launches-crackdown-file-sharing--just-days-meeting-record-producer.html
âTaking something for nothing is wrongâ â No, not expenses, data.
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| In the meantime I am going to increase my sharing of Linux distros and hope
| that someone tries to accuse me of sharing files illegallyâ..lets see how
| much of my unlimited monthly broadband I can use. Maybe time is up for the
| proprietary model? Maybe you should now be looking towards FOSS and the GPL?
| You certainly donât have to worry about sharing issues then.
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/taking-something-for-nothing-is-wrong-no-not-expenses-data/
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