i am confused about one thing though... last time i'd heard anything about UK privacy laws it was something along the lines of not being able to use cloud services like google and such, because they couldn't be certain US based companies measured up to the much stricter UK data privacy laws.
Did those just get repealed, or is it the usual case of the left hand not knowing what the right just signed into law?
not actually an issue for the most part. We have a way of signing treaties that are slanted all our way. Ask that poor bastard getting extradited from england for running a filesharing service. Or marc Emery.
The backlash, if and when it comes, will be from the citizens of these nations toward the governments that have bent over for america and signed all these non reciprocal treaties.
http://www.indiegogo.com/calyx 16 hours left for the calyx institutes fundraising campaign. Thats the guy who wants to set up and end to end encrypted isp, with customer privacy as the mission statement.
"Megaupload wants access for its own defense. The MPAA has wanted it preserved in case it can be used to sue others. Megaupload wants access for the sake of its defense"
I guess i'm just "some people" i can't afford to give 10 or 12 bucks for a digital file i'll delete the moment i'm finished with it. I've got a book a day habit, when i was analogue i stuck to libraries, or splurging at the used book store when i have some cash.
Right, wrong...it just is what it is. any media i want is available, any time, any where, in any format, for free.
The only authors that get my money are the ones i buy drinks for at conventions, or the ones who go above and beyond to be awesome like Cory Doctorow.
Over the last week i've watched a story about "google buying 4chan" go from an obvious parody site, get picked up by a reputable(supposedly) trade news aggregator as a snippet, and from there get reposted everywhere. People need to turn their bullshit filters up just a little bit more, and remember to check their sources before they hit submit.
On the post: Funnyjunk's Lawyer Charles Carreon Just Keeps Digging: Promises He'll Find Some Law To Go After Oatmeal's Matt Inman
You missed the quote at the end, where Carreon says he has "plenty of time and energy" to fight this thing out.
I'd submit that the internet is littered with the corpses (metaphorical ofc) of those who made the same mistake.
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On the post: Chris Evans' Lawyer Threatens Forum; Apparently Unfamiliar With Free Speech, Safe Harbors & Streisand Effect
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Re: Things That Make You Go Hmm
i am confused about one thing though... last time i'd heard anything about UK privacy laws it was something along the lines of not being able to use cloud services like google and such, because they couldn't be certain US based companies measured up to the much stricter UK data privacy laws.
Did those just get repealed, or is it the usual case of the left hand not knowing what the right just signed into law?
On the post: US Continues To Try To Block Megaupload From Using Its Lawyers, Pretends It Has Jurisdiction Over The World
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On the post: US Continues To Try To Block Megaupload From Using Its Lawyers, Pretends It Has Jurisdiction Over The World
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The backlash, if and when it comes, will be from the citizens of these nations toward the governments that have bent over for america and signed all these non reciprocal treaties.
On the post: DOJ Realizes That Comcast & Time Warner Are Trying To Prop Up Cable By Holding Back Hulu & Netflix
Seemed like a good time to bump it.
On the post: Amazon Deletes Ebooks Automatically Generated From YouTube Comments Leaving Many Questions Unanswered
Re: 1984+28: The Memory Hole
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On the post: MPAA Ok With Allowing Users To Get Back Their Megaupload Files If 0% Infringement Can Be Guaranteed
you duped a sentence there.
On the post: Not Only Can You 'Compete With Free' You Have To If You Don't Want Your Business Overrun By Piracy
Right, wrong...it just is what it is. any media i want is available, any time, any where, in any format, for free.
The only authors that get my money are the ones i buy drinks for at conventions, or the ones who go above and beyond to be awesome like Cory Doctorow.
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On the post: Senator Coons Admits That SOPA 'Really Did Pose Some Risk To The Internet'
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On the post: No, The RIAA Is Not Asking For $72 Trillion From Limewire (Bad Reporters, Bad)
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On the post: London Police To Extract Data From Suspects' Mobile Phones -- And Keep It Even If No Charges Are Brought
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On the post: Canadian Politician Claims That Ripping A CD To Your iPod Is Like Buying Socks & Stealing Shoes To Go With Them
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On the post: Canadian Politician Claims That Ripping A CD To Your iPod Is Like Buying Socks & Stealing Shoes To Go With Them
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then you find out your socks will only work with genuine adidas brand shoes.
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