Why must e-books be taxed at all? Here in the UK, e-books are subject to VAT while paper books are not. Not sure how it is everywhere else but this is ludicrous.
Still cannot grasp that Google is not the Internet. Still cannot grasp that this is nothing more than one site pretending that child abuse content does not exist.
How exactly does sweeping the problem under the rug solve anything? This content will continue to be made and distributed away from Google.
Still, better to be seen to be doing something than to actually do something to make children safer.
So he thinks the government need more power? He clearly has never heard of Edmund Burke who quite correctly stated "The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse".
Honestly, I would expect a law professor to know better.
Two years to a general election, the Tories don't want the unwashed masses remembering all those pesky broken promises. Pity they are all available elsewhere.
Politicians really have no clue what the Internet is or how it works.
Re: Re: Not a mention of the spyware. And this is progress?
Except that a shopping lens is not spyware. The shopping lens makes it clear Amazon results are queried and displayed, it can simply be removed if not desired, and it's no less spyware than visiting Amazon and searching for products there.
That said, the way Canonical dealt with the site criticising it was less than ideal and I am glad they have apologised.
I have used the word tweet for years before Twitter existed when talking about the birds outside my window. Perhaps Twitter should pay the birds for the use of the word.
It never ceases to amaze me how stupid people are when it comes to passwords. Working in front line IT, I see my share of it. You would be amazed how many people, when asked for their log on ID, give me their password; and how many of those passwords are ridiculously easy to guess.
Al Qaeda and paedophiles loving the Snowden leaks.
Why do government and 'intelligence' officials always go after the same bogey men every time? Perhaps more interestingly, why are huge numbers of people so stupid that they fall for it?
On the post: French Gov't Rejects Plan To Tax DRM eBooks More Than Non-DRM eBooks
On the post: Google Announces More Child Porn Blocking Efforts While David Cameron Offers To Throw The GCHQ At The Problem
How exactly does sweeping the problem under the rug solve anything? This content will continue to be made and distributed away from Google.
Still, better to be seen to be doing something than to actually do something to make children safer.
On the post: Chicago Law Professor Claims No Privacy In Your Emails, As Long As The Content Isn't Used To Detain Or Harass You
Honestly, I would expect a law professor to know better.
On the post: Privacy Groups Want The Government To Investigate Google Over The NSA's Hacking
Re: Re: Re: Where the fanboys LIE about me in advance!
Fanboys talk like that ;-)
On the post: The Most Nefarious Part Of The TPP Proposal: Making Copyright Reform Impossible
On the post: Privacy Groups Want The Government To Investigate Google Over The NSA's Hacking
That's depressing.
On the post: Google Gets Total Victory Over Authors Guild: Book Scanning Is Fair Use
Good
On the post: 'Attribution Troll' Issues DMCA Notice To Remove Critical Posts From Techdirt, Boing Boing And Popehat
Re: Ah, just the kind of hissy fit anomaly that Mike and minions enjoy!
On the post: USTR's Weakass Response To TPP's IP Chapter Leaking
The public are the big shareholders and we are being kept in the dark on this and other supposed free trade treaties.
On the post: UK Political Party Tries To Dump 10 Years Of Speeches Down The Memory Hole
Politicians really have no clue what the Internet is or how it works.
On the post: Boston Police Department Claims Contacting Its Public Affairs Number Is A Criminal Act
On the post: Canonical Apologizes For Trademark Bullying... And Again... And Again
Re: Re: Not a mention of the spyware. And this is progress?
That said, the way Canonical dealt with the site criticising it was less than ideal and I am glad they have apologised.
On the post: Disappointing To See Canonical Act Like A Trademark Bully Over Ubuntu
Re: Go get some ...
On the post: Is Twitter Worried About Losing Control Over The Word 'Tweet?'
On the post: You'd Think NSA Employees Would Know Better Than To Hand Out Their Passwords, But Many Gave Them To Snowden
On the post: UK Spy Chief Says Al-Qaeda Loving Snowden Leaks, But How Would He Know Unless Viable Intercepts Are Still In Place?
Why do government and 'intelligence' officials always go after the same bogey men every time? Perhaps more interestingly, why are huge numbers of people so stupid that they fall for it?
On the post: Al Gore And Tim Berners-Lee Condemn NSA Surveillance: Appalling And Unconstitutional
On the post: As Silk Road 2.0 Pops Up, The Government Needs To Avoid The Temptation Of Moral Panic
On the post: NSA Funding Bill Passed By Senate Intelligence Community Gives Agency Extra Cash To Hunt 'Insider Threats'
Wake up or you will soon be staring down the barrel at bankruptcy.
On the post: UK Gov't: David Miranda Might Be A Terrorist Because Journalism Can Be Terrorism; Also: We Had No Idea He Was A Journalist
Re: Re:
There are oh so many reasons governments are losing credibility.
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