Now, American lawmakers want to take things one step further on their own turf. They are putting the entertainment lobby ahead of their own voters, by seeking to pass legislation that puts the US on the same playing-field as Iran, China and North Korea.
What will the internet be like after SOPA? Imagine a library filled with nothing but fliers, catalogues, and calling cards. That will be the internet in a nutshell. If content holders go crazy with copyright complaints, the only websites left will be sites belonging to companies with teams of lawyers, or advertising sites, or personal or organizational sites made by people who know how to build non-copyright infringing sites, none of which will have comment sections. In other words, it will be boring.
UK: you are a terrorist if you pirate stuff Britain is more f***ed up than I thought. Almost as bad as a New Zealand politician thinking that the internet is Skynet. We can, of course, trace all of it back to US entertainment industry lobbyists.
Posted with permission from Josué Pereira
Copyright at the 5,000 What would Jesus think about file-sharing?
Judge decimates BitTorrent lawsuit with common sense ruling | TorrentFreak
One of the few people in position who can see past the BS. I haven’t looked into the court yet and how persuasive a precedent this is. What I do know is that the pre-August 2011 copyright régime worked here, and works in the US, and the new one will be weakened, if ever so slightly, by common-sense judgements such as this.
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jtotheizzoe:
James Hansen, head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, was arrested [on Saturday] as part of the ongoing protests against the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
That’s what I call putting your money where your scientific mouth is.
(via Discovery News)
God speed. Leave it to this country to either shut the scientists up or put them in jail in favor of company. I’m surprised not as much people are raging over this.
First Amendment I still have yet to read anything saying that these were not peaceful protesters exercising their First Amendment rights, so why are they being arrested?
So much for Sec. Chu being the scientists’ ally.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqr4vqmOre1qbh26io1_500.jpg)
cwnl:
James Hansen, head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, was arrested [on Saturday] as part of the ongoing protests against the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
That’s what I call putting your money where your scientific mouth is.
(via Discovery News)
God speed. Leave it to this country to either shut the scientists up or put them in jail in favor of company. I’m surprised not as much people are raging over this.
First Amendment I still have yet to read anything saying that these were not peaceful protesters exercising their First Amendment rights, so why are they being arrested?
So much for Sec. Chu being the scientists’ ally.
(via fromsoiltoflight)
Source: news.discovery.com
Rebecca Leighton statement on the Stepping Hill case
It was easy, wasn’t it, for some in the media to presume guilt for Rebecca Leighton? Now that all charges are dropped, here is her statement.
Copyright Amendment Act an epic fail
I jokingly call Hugh Lilly, Hugh Linky, because of his obsessive fascination with and curation of the web. He tirelessly posts links to required reading.
Every now and then, he finds something truly awesome, like this column by Peter Griffin, in The Listener, where he criticizes New Zealand’s ridiculous copyright law.It is not only accurate in its criticism, but perfectly articulates the frustration in this country, and why kiwis illegally download in the first place.
How very true. And this year, there have been two times where I have had to Torrent something legally. Well, it’s looking likely that we will set up VPN and Torrenting on our box in the US for the rare occasions when I need this material.
England riots: pair jailed for four years for using Facebook to incite disorder
Two men have been jailed for four years for using Facebook to incite disorder.
Jordan Blackshaw, 20, from Marston near Northwich, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, from Warrington, appeared at Chester crown court on Tuesday. They were arrested last week following incidents of violent disorder in London and other cities across the UK.
Neither of their Facebook posts resulted in a riot-related event.
The continuation of the beginning of the end of Great Britain.
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