Doge’s Comments

• Nov 7th, 2010 @ 3:08pm

  It's an EU thing (as Antony Watts)

  on UK Plans To Review Copyright Laws (Yet Again), With Eye Towards Fair Use
  Mr Cameron is just posturing. The EU is undertaking. pan European look at copyright in every country with a view to harmonise it to further a common market.
  
  So UK has to get its stall out and loaded to have its say in the negotiations.
  
  What is good is that the EU view on copyright, ACTA not withstanding, is more open than most current country laws.
  
  But now is the time to start to have our say in what we would like to see in the common market.
• Mar 22nd, 2010 @ 3:24am

  Right

  on Just As It Tries To Kick People Offline, The British Gov't Wants To Move All Public Service Online
  Access to an uncensored internet is a right that we have to sustain in todays world. There are many who regard this as a threat to their way of doing business, but merely doing business is not an excuse for removing a human right.
  
  I hope that governments will recognise this, and not bow down to the sleazy claims of the music industry that it threatens their business model - well change it then...
• Mar 18th, 2010 @ 3:37am

  I have an idea

  on Peeling The Layers Off 'Piracy'
  Please look at my blog at
  
  http://syganymede.blogspot.com/2010/03/digital-copyright-infringement.html
  
  ... just to avoid I have to repeat everything here.
• Feb 28th, 2010 @ 7:53am

  ACTA and my protest

  on Growing Concern From European Officials Over ACTA
  I would like to say that I have taken some action about ACTA. I have blogged about it a number of times, I have written to my Member of the UK Parliament, with no reply! I have read a few of the leaked documents and tr=ied to gain sime understanding of what it has in mind.
  
  Don't forget that this is not a new issue, the World Trade Organisation has already some agreements about IP/rights protection and ACTA is an extension of this.
  
  We have to kick this out into the open.
• Feb 23rd, 2010 @ 12:13am

  World copyright (as Antony Watts)

  on Tech Company Lobbying Group Explains The Importance Of Letting Countries Make Their Own Policy Decisions On Copyright
  Seems to me that copyright arguments are barking up the wrong tree. Copyright to day is micro-managed (...you can only release this for internet streaming on the 21st of March at 12.30am, in 640x480 resolution...etc). And that geo-location which blocks video and TV on national boarders should be the target of our discussions.
  
  The problem you see is simple. The internet is global and copyrights have to be too.
• Feb 11th, 2010 @ 1:10am

  This and that

  on Warner Music Shoots Self In Head; Says No More Free Streaming
  I have another opinion to add in support of Warner. The audio quality of all the streaming services is very poor and by supporting them the labels are downgrading their product. What they need is CD quality downloads, and a new HD quality service at premium cost.
  
  They should go talk again to Apple to see if they will put Apple Lossless files at 16bit/44.1kHz and 24bit/96kHz on iTunes. That would be a premium service worth paying for.
• Jan 28th, 2010 @ 12:36am

  Did they pay?

  on Many Innocent Users Sent Pre-Settlement Letters Demanding Payment For Infringement
  The content that ACS:law put online was, I presume, their copyright or they have paid the owner for every download they accuse people of?
• Jan 26th, 2010 @ 12:50am

  One stop shop

  on The Future Of Music Business Models (And Those Who Are Already There)
  Is there anyway to combine all this creativity - Connect & Buy - into a one stop shop. A la iTunes?
  
  I for one do not like chasing around tons of web sites, twitter pages, pirate sites, "facebooks" to follow a band. I want them in one place where I can browse and chose.
• Jan 22nd, 2010 @ 12:01am

  The UK Digital Bill

  on UK Gov't Tells MPs They Can't See ACTA Details
  If it is of any comfort my politician assured me that due to the impending election in UK, non of the current bills going through are likely to become law in this parliament. And the Digital Bill will have to be reconsidered by the next elected government... let's see of they behave any differently. Hope so.
• Jan 14th, 2010 @ 10:15am

  Let them start their own Google..

  on Will Google Pull Out Of India, Australia And Other Countries Over Internet Censorship?
  Well if China, UK, Italy, France, India have some ideas to prevent the free flow of information, let them block Google (USA) and start their own - no one will use them.