Archive for October 28th, 2009

Security Forces Vote No to Three Strikes Legislation.

October 28, 2009

There is movement underfoot in the UK to halt the Governments proposed ‘three strikes and your out’, legislation.   A few months ago I blogged about the file sharers increasingly successful disappearance act. The Copyright Industry is Removing the Barriers Against Terrorism.   In a story entitled MI5 comes out against cutting off internet pirates [...]

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iiNet –v- The US Dollar.

October 28, 2009

Most people in Australia don’t understand the iiNet trial.   They think that either iiNet failed to follow it’s obligations under the copyright legislation or that iiNet were setup by DTECNET to take the fall that would create precedent in law that will require all ISP’s to dob in their customers, irregardless of actual proof. [...]

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ACTA is actually the transference of Hate onto the Shoulders of Public Servants.

October 28, 2009

The RIAA is about to offload it’s position of most globally hated industry body onto the mantle of our elected representatives.   Which country?   Well they’re starting with the ACTA participants.   And they’re doing a damn fine job.   Against all the evidence, they have managed to convince the US Congress who in [...]

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