Dirk Poot’s Comments

• Nov 26th, 2012 @ 12:43pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Wearing V For Vendetta Guy Fawkes Masks Declared Illegal In Dubai
  Time to roll out the V for Vendetta Burka's then.
• Jun 27th, 2012 @ 1:24am

  Unintended consequences

  on Taiwan Denies Use Of 'Pirate Party' Name Because People Might Think They're Actual Sea-Faring Pirates
  The strict interpretation of the term 'pirates' that Taiwan is enforcing should also have an effect on the press releases by ©-lobbyists as well then.
  Branding the citizens that participate in a culture of filesharing as 'pirates' might be grounds for a defamation lawsuit in Taiwan, it seems...
• Jul 8th, 2011 @ 2:17pm

  Make that three...

  on More Fraud Investigations Over Recording Industry Execs; Swiss IFPI Boss Resigns
  BUMA/Stemra of the Netherlands is in hot water as well.
  Dutch opposition party D66 requested an inquiry into the organisation, describing it as poorly managed and non-transparent. Losing € 14Million of artists revenues didn't help things either.
  
  Translated WebWereld article: http://is.gd/8YXLhi
• Apr 29th, 2011 @ 5:17am

  Godwin in 3,2,1...

  on Latest Wikileaks Release Shows How US Completely Drove Canadian Copyright Reform Efforts
  So we have government and big corporations pushing laws that are detrimental to the citizens and beneficial only to the corporations.
  
  Seems to be fitting this definition Rooseveld gave of fascism: The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
• Apr 15th, 2011 @ 2:01pm

  It gets worse...

  on Dutch Publishing Organization Says Filesharing Should Be A Criminal Offense
  Nu.nl reports that the publisher association elaborated that they also want to outlaw sharing of legally downloaded materials with friends. No lending and borrowing of e-books!
  
  This has nothing to do with equal rules for paper and digital, it boils down to theft. They want to make it illegal to lend an e-book to a friend, as one can now freely do with a paper copy.
  
  Google translation: http://is.gd/lrT0I2 (2nd to last paragraph)