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[News] Intellectual Monopolies and Copyrights Slip Out of Control in UK

  • Subject: [News] Intellectual Monopolies and Copyrights Slip Out of Control in UK
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:28:06 +0000
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Dear Mandy: complaining to Peter Mandelson through the power of song

,----[ Quote ]
| What's a good way to get politicians to 
| listen to your point of view? Writing 
| letters? Signing petitions? Inviting them 
| over for dinner in your holiday villa in 
| Greece?
| 
| Or, if none of that works - for example, if 
| you don't have a villa in Greece - you 
| could try singing a song at them.
| 
| That's the approach Dan Bull has taken, 
| with a musical letter to Lord Mandelson 
| politely suggesting that he might like to 
| reconsider his proposals to cut off the 
| internet of households if they are accused 
| of filesharing.
`----

http://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/2009/11/dear-mandy-complaining-to-peter-mandelson-through-the-power-of-song.html

Day 22: Film studios issue ultimatum to ISPs

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| Internet service providers that shirked 
| responsibilities to prevent copyright 
| infringement on their networks should 
| consider exiting the business, the Federal 
| Court heard today.
| 
| As the copyright case between the film 
| industry and ISP iiNet approached its 
| conclusion, the studio's barrister Tony 
| Bannon SC suggested ISPs that did not want 
| to deal with infringement notices should 
| "get out of the business."
`----

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/161447,day-22-film-studios-issue-ultimatum-to-isps.aspx

Pub 'fined Â8k' for Wi-Fi copyright infringement

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| A pub owner has been fined Â8,000 because 
| someone unlawfully downloaded copyrighted 
| material over their open Wi-Fi hotspot, 
| according to the managing director of 
| hotspot provider The Cloud.
`----

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39909136,00.htm

What the Queen didn't say

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| The Queen's speech was notable not so much 
| for the new announcements in it, but for 
| the things it didn't include. Her Majesty 
| did not say that her government would 
| disconnect it's citizen's internet 
| connections, or introduce a Â50,000 fine 
| for infringing the copyright of a file that 
| cost Â0.00 to reproduce, or that it would 
| give harsher penalties for downloading a 
| file for free than for buying the exact 
| same information on a counterfeit disc.
| 
| But don't be fooled. This isn't a sudden 
| outbreak of common sense, all those ill-
| considered provisions are still there, but 
| for some reason the government forgot to 
| tell the public about them in the Queen's 
| speech. 
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http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2009/nov/18/what-queen-didnt-say/


Recent:

Protests grow over digital bill

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| The Digital Economy bill has sparked a wave
| of protest among consumers and rights
| groups.
|
| Soon after the bill began its journey
| through Parliament on 19 November, many
| expressed worries about parts of it.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8374732.stm
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