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Bono's "One" Ignorant Idea
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| U2 frontman and humanitarian Bono had a
| page-long op-ed in this past Sundayâs New
| York Times, where he describes what he
| calls â10 ideas that might make the next 10
| years more interesting, healthy or civil.
| Some are trivial, some fundamental. They
| have little in common with one another
| except that I am seized by each, and moved
| by its potential to change our world.â So
| letâs look at some issues that made the
| listâ. a twist on cap and trade, fighting
| the rotavirus, new cancer research, the
| rise of Africa andâ limiting the scourge of
| file sharing.
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http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2832
Digital Economy Bill: Copyright Holders May Have To State Income Lost To Piracy
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| Copyright holders would have to tell ISPs
| how much financial damage they suffer from
| alleged digital copyright infringements,
| under an amendment proposed to the Digital
| Economy Bill.
|
| The amendment, proposed by Lord Lucas, says
| that âcopyright infringement reportsâ -
| which record labels and movie studios would
| send to to ISPs, detailing instances of
| alleged abuse by a customer - must also
| âset out the value of the infringement on
| the basis described in the initial
| obligationsâ.
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http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-digital-economy-bill-copyright-holders-may-have-to-state-income-lost-to/
Mexican govt: Starbucks owes us
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| The Mexican government says it has notified
| Starbucks Corp. that Mexico is owed
| intellectual property rights for a line of
| coffee mugs showing pre-Hispanic images.
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http://money.canoe.ca/News/Other/2010/01/06/12373111-ap.html
Future of copyright: La Quadrature calls on the Commission to reassert the public's rights
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| La Quadrature du Net has submitted its
| response to the European Commission's
| consultation regarding "Online Creative
| Content". La Quadrature calls on the
| Commission to reconsider the EU's coercive
| and repressive copyright policies, while
| encouraging it to match words to deeds by
| fostering the rights of the public in the
| digital creative ecosystem.
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http://www.laquadrature.net/en/future-of-copyright-la-quadrature-calls-on-the-commission-to-reassert-the-publics-rights
Showstopper.
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| The thing is, I've spent a lot of time
| learning how to make art. I have spent no
| time learning how to negotiate the
| licensing of music. These are very
| different skills! It's bizarre that in
| order to share my art, I need to have the
| latter skill set, or hire someone who does.
| The lack of that skill set results in my
| work being kept secret.
|
| It's really backward. I would love to talk
| to artists directly, and negotiate
| something that's mutually beneficial.
| Right? My work calls attention to their
| work. I'm a big fan of their work. I want
| to support their art and their livelihood.
| I want everyone to know about and support
| their work. It's such a natural alliance,
| but it's perverted by this system we have
| now.
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http://questioncopyright.org/showstopper
Critiquing copyright canards
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| And if this is true, why are they lying to
| legislators, in an attempt to get these
| laws enacted?
|
| Greed.
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http://madhatter.ca/?p=69
Plano-based Cookies by Design sued over smiley-face sweet
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| A key ingredient of Eat'n Park's case is
| the lawsuit's Exhibit A, which shows a
| circle with two round eyes, a dot for a
| nose and a perky smile.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-cookiesuit_06met.ART.State.Edition1.4bbe32c.html
Recent:
Nirvana's Bassist: I Don't Understand Having ISPs Regulate Copyright Files,
But I Support Bono's Position Anyway
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| It's one thing to speak from a position of
| ignorance, but admitting it and still then
| taking a strong position? That's something
| special. U2's Bono kicked off quite a
| firestorm by insisting that having ISPs
| monitor everything was a good way to deal with
| unauthorized file sharing online, citing
| China's success with internet censorship
| (failing to realized that it hasn't been that
| successful in reality). This resulted in
| widespread criticism of Bono and it appears
| that Nirvana's bass player, Krist Novoselic,
| has stepped up to defend Bono (found via Karl
| Bode).
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100106/0257227631.shtml
Bono: We Should Use China's Censorship As An Example Of How To Stop Piracy
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| Hmm. So, apparently all the money that
| people used to spend on music, they now
| spend on internet connections? If only
| there were some evidence to back that up.
| But, as we noted, the music business has
| been growing, just not the sales of CDs.
| Considering how much U2 made on its last
| tour, you would think that Bono would be
| aware of this. As for his claim that the
| internet is harming the up-and-coming
| songwriters, again, all this shows is how
| incredibly out of touch Bono is. In the
| past, the "young, fledgling songwriter"
| couldn't live off ticket or t-shirt sales
| either. He had to hope that he got the
| lucky golden ticket from a record label and
| that they didn't then crush his spirit and
| originality before discarding him as an
| unrecouped has-been.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100104/0038197573.shtml
U2's Bono blames ISPs for piracy
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| Ever since Paul McGuinness, manager of the
| rock band U2, began lashing out at Internet
| service providers (ISPs) for allegedly
| profiting from and encouraging illegal file
| sharing, U2 fans have wondered whether
| McGuinness spoke for the band.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-377875.html
RIAA
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| The RIAA is a delusional cartel consisting
| of four major music labels. They were
| created in 1952 with the sole purpose of
| sucking all the music and happiness out of
| the world.
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http://www.cracked.com/funny-2153-riaa/
Bono net policing idea draws fire
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| Bono, frontman of rock band U2, has warned
| the film industry not to make the same
| mistakes with file-sharing that have
| dogged the music industry.
|
| Writing for the New York Times, Bono
| claimed internet service providers were
| "reverse Robin Hoods" benefiting from the
| music industry's lost profits.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8439200.stm
Bono says heâll sue France over HADOPI
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| French European Parliament MP Guy Bono says heâll call for legal action
| against France if it adopts the corporate entertainment cartelâs HADOPI law.
|
| Pushed by French president Nicolas Sarkozy on behalf of Vivendi Universal,
| EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music, and Time Warner, Viacom, Fox, Sony, NBC
| Universal and Disney, Franceâs lower house of Parliament has passed
| the âthree-strikesâ law, also known as the HADOPI law.
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http://www.p2pnet.net/story/21764
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