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What's inside your home is yours, except computer files
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| Iâve written two controversial pieces
| concerning intellectual property. One with
| the view that if it should come to pass
| that the MPAA / RIAA / xyz advocating new
| enforcement law to monitor users of the
| Internet and are found to have illegal
| copyright material, then who should
| regulate it, in which I proposed that the
| FCC is one possible solution.
|
| I wrote immediately thereafter that
| intellectual property associations are
| going way overboard and border on the
| absurd? Just because file sharing is going
| over the internet, should these
| associations have the right to find you
| guilty, have multiple different mediums
| content distribution, many of which are
| free to the public while being able to sue
| you for infringement? They need to change
| their business models.
|
| This week, 50,000 new lawsuits have been
| filed against downloaders. Itâs only going
| to get worse.
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http://government.zdnet.com/?p=8559
Stop The Digital Economy Bill
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/contribute/DigitalEconomyBillAd
Usenet â The new(old) target? â Newzbin fails to convince court?
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| Usenet is now looking to be the new target
| for those seeking civil recourse for their
| material being shared without
| authorisation.
|
| [...]
|
| So we repeat the cycle (yet again) of
| sucess, failure, sucess, failure (in
| respect of filesharing cases) and whilst
| both sides take their delight in their
| respective victories, the filesharing issue
| continues and damages the industry. Mark
| my words as we see more aggressive attacks
| on filesharing, we will merely see a change
| of technology, I donât think the industry
| can keep up with the innovation nor can law
| have the remit to cover all facets of
| modern tech.
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/usenet-the-newold-target-newzbin-fails-to-convince-court/
Recent:
The Day Democracy Died: DEB
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| The Lib Dem amendments I mentioned in my
| previous posts - alongside some equally
| sensible amendments designed in particular
| to stop every search engine being blocked
| under clause 18 - were rejected by the
| Government this afternoon in the Lords, on
| what appeared to be legally spurious
| grounds, to the clear dismay and disquiet
| of the Lords.
|
| Shortly thereafter it appears some kind of
| deal was done whereby the Government
| announced they would bring forward
| unspecified changes to the disputed clause
| 18 at "wash up" - the pre election stage
| where legislation is pushed through with no
| opportunity for MPs to propose amendments
| or even , perhaps, make comments in debate,
| let alone scrutinise. It seems all
| opportunity for democratic amendment to the
| Bill has now come to an end.
|
| [...]
|
| There is one way forward for here for
| democratic scrutiny to be restored, and
| that is for MPs to demand a debate at the
| Commons stage of the Bill and refuse to
| allow this messed up mockery of legislation
| to pass on the nod. Write to your MP and
| demand this. Go on one of the rallies and
| flash mobs planned for next week by ORG.
| Write to the BPI and tell then that you did
| not vote for them to run the country. Make
| your voice heard.
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http://blogscript.blogspot.com/2010/03/day-democracy-died-deb.html
Yesterday in the Lords: DEB
http://blogscript.blogspot.com/2010/03/yesterday-in-lords-deb.html
UK Lords Pass Digital Economy Bill, Now Look To Rush It Through Commons
http://techdirt.com/articles/20100316/0338248581.shtml
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