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Title: Copyright law to decide the digital divide
Post by: Righ on February 13, 2008, 08:34:16 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7240234.stm

If this goes into effect, I predict that it will start an international trend.


Title: Re: Copyright law to decide the digital divide
Post by: bhodi on February 13, 2008, 08:44:44 AM
More posturing and scare tactics.

It won't happen.


Title: Re: Copyright law to decide the digital divide
Post by: Nerf on February 13, 2008, 08:59:50 AM
"Now is not the time for ISPs to hide behind bogus privacy arguments, or claim the problem is too complicated or difficult to tackle."

Love it.


Title: Re: Copyright law to decide the digital divide
Post by: Calantus on February 13, 2008, 02:13:59 PM
I don't see why you guys have a problem with this. It's exactly the same as all the police staffed at every intersection checking every car for illegal substances, the wiretapping of every phone, and the thorough search of every letter sent through the post. Shit, only last week a guy was banned from using a phone ever again because he played a recording over the line to someone else. Then there was the guy who can't use roads anymore because he used his car to pick up a bootleg copy of Mission Impossible. Seriously, just because it's the internet doesn't mean it should be treated any differently.